Beusichem is a town in the Dutch

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 province of Gelderland

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. It is a part of the municipality of Buren

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, and lies about 11 km northwest of Tiel

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Beusichem is historically known for a famous horsemarket held every summer. It is said that even Napoleon

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 bought his horses on the Beusichem horsemarket. Horsekeepers from Russia

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, France

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, Germany

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 and Switzerland

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came to Beusichem to trade horses. The horsemarket is mentioned in old documents for the first time in 1461.

In 2001, the town of Beusichem had 2428 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.83 km², and contained 903 residences.
The statistical area "Beusichem", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 3070.

Until 1978, Beusichem was a separate municipality.