| Bedum | |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
| Flag Size: | 100x67px |
| Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Bedum in a municipal map of Groningen |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.3°N 42°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Groningen |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.03 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | -1 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 8,650 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 9781 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 050 |
Bedum (pronounced as /nl/; gos|Beem pronounced as /gos/) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants in, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.
Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer Arjen Robben was born in Bedum (23 January 1984).
Bedum has a railway station - Bedum railway station.
Bedum's 36-metre tower of the St Walfridus church has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6 cm.[3]
See also: List of mayors of Bedum.
