Buurmalsen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

[3] Buurmalsen was a separate municipality from 1818 to 1978, when it became a part of Geldermalsen.

[4] The village is the ancestral home of former president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, whose ancestor Cornelis Maessen immigrated to New Netherland in 1631.

[5] Buurmalsen started along the Lek River and developed into a concentrated esdorp.

The Dutch Reformed Church dates from around 1100 and has a tower from the early 15th century.