Heerde
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Heerde | |
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| Heerde town hall Heerde town hall | |
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Flag of Heerde Flag Coat of arms of Heerde Coat of arms | |
| Highlighted position of Heerde in a municipal map of Gelderland Location in Gelderland | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Olaf Prinsen (D66) |
| Area | |
• Total | 80.42 km2 (31.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 78.74 km2 (30.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[3] | |
• Total | 18,776 |
| • Density | 238/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Heerdenaar, Heerder |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 8180–8194 |
| Area code | 038, 0578 |
| Website | www |
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Heerde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrdə] Audio file "089 Heerde.ogg" not found) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]Politics
[edit | edit source]The Heerde municipal council consists of 17 seats, which since the 2022 municipal elections have been divided as follows:[4]
- CDA - 4 seats
- Municipal Interest Farmers Party, Heerde - 4 seats
- CU-SGP - 3 seats
- VVD - 2 seats
- D66-GL - 2 seats
- PvdA - 2 seats
Sport
[edit | edit source]The municipality has five amateur soccer clubs: vv Heerde,[5] SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.
Topography
[edit | edit source]File:Gem-Heerde-OpenTopo.jpg
Map of the municipality of Heerde, June 2015.
Notable residents
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- Daniël de Clercq (1854 in Heerde – 1931) a Dutch socialist and activist
- Hendrik Jan van Duren (1937 in Heerde – 2008) a Dutch politician.
- Marijke Abels (born 1948 in Deventer) a Dutch visual artist, one of her sculptures is at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde
Sport
[edit | edit source]- Jaap Zielhuis (born 1966 in Heerde) a Dutch sailor, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Jacco Eltingh (born 1970 in Heerde) a former professional tennis player
- Gerard van Velde (born 1971 in Wapenveld) a Dutch retired speed skating sprinter, gold medallist in the 2002 Winter Olympics
Gallery
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Heerde - Huis Vosbergen - sundial
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Heerde, Farm at Boerderij Vosbergerweg
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Wijhese ferry over the IJssel
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Apeldoorn Canal: view at Bonenbergerbrug - Heerde
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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