Buren is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands.
Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022.
Buren
A winter landscape with activities on the ice near Castle Buren. Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, between 1622 and 1666
De Prins Van Oranje windmill
The Culemborg gate with the Saint-Lambertus church, Buren in the background.
Batavia is a historical and geographical region in the Netherlands, forming large fertile islands in the river delta formed by the waters of the Rhine and Meuse rivers. During the Roman empire, it was an important frontier region and source of imperial soldiers. Its name is possibly pre-Roman.
The Netherlands c. 50 CE. The river islands, one of which was Batavia, can be seen slightly below the center. The modern Betuwe region corresponds greatly with the thin island that stretches from the country's centre to the German border, and has roughly a third of its western side brown (meaning fens) and two thirds of its eastern side green (meaning river valleys).
Lingewaard Riverscape