The municipality is formed by the city of Nijmegen, incorporating the former villages of Hatert, Hees and Neerbosch, as well as the urban expansion project of Waalsprong, situated north of the river Waal and including the village of Lent and the hamlet of 't Zand, as well as the new suburbs of Nijmegen-Oosterhout and Nijmegen–Ressen. Its population in 2022 was 179,000 the municipality is part of the Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area, with 736,107 inhabitants in 2011. The city is well known for the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen event.

Since 1923 it has been a university city with the opening of a Catholic institution now known as the Radboud University Nijmegen. Nijmegen became a free imperial city in 1230 and in 1402 a Hanseatic city. In 2005, it celebrated 2,000 years of existence. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as such in Roman times. Nijmegen ( Dutch: ⓘ Nijmeegs: Nimwèège ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Market square Weighhouse (1613) Concert hall Opera Concertgebouw de Vereeniging A sculpture from 2020 inspired by the Nijmegen Helmet Kronenburgerpark Terraces Molenstraat

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