Ede (Netherlands)

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Ede municipality
Flag of the municipality of Ede
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Ede
coat of arms
province Gelderland Gelderland
mayor René Verhulst ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality Ede
Area
 - land
 - water 		318.62  km 2
318.22 km 2
0.4 km 2
CBS code 0228
Residents 115,894 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 364 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 39 ′  E
Important traffic route A12 E35 A30 N224 N304 N310 N781
prefix 026, 0318, 0342
Postcodes 6711-6718, 6721, 6731-6733, 6741, 6744-6745, 6877, 7351-7352
Website Homepage of Ede
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Ede, church: de Oude Kerk
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Ede [ ˈedɘ ] ( listen ? / I ) is a town and municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland . On January 31, 2019, the community had 115,894 inhabitants, the city itself only about 72,000. The total area is 318.62 km², making it the fifth largest municipality in the Netherlands after Het Hogeland , Noordoostpolder , Midden-Drenthe and Apeldoorn . In addition to Ede itself, there are also the villages of Bennekom, Deelen , Ederveen, Harskamp, ​​De Klomp, Lunteren, Otterlo , Wekerom and parts of Hoenderloo . Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

Ede is located in the southwest of the Veluwe forest area , on the A12 motorway and the Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem railway line , another motorway ( A30 with the Maanderbroek Knooppunt ) and the secondary railway line to Barneveld . Good roads lead to Apeldoorn , the southern neighbor Wageningen , and west to Veenendaal. The synthetic fiber industry (AKU - Akzo), which was important until 2002, has left Ede. In their place, small businesses and more tourism should create new jobs. The most important for the economy of Edes are:

Commuters who work in Utrecht and Arnhem also live in Ede and Bennekom.

history

The area Edes provided the archaeologists many finds, including from mounds of Neolithic and Bronze Age . Whether around 30,000 years BC BC the Neanderthals lived here is not yet clear. Later, however, Germanic tribes lived in what is now Ede for a long time , including the Chamaven around 400 AD . In the early Middle Ages, Ede and Bennekom emerged as small farming villages. Ede is mentioned in donation documents in 1216, Lunteren in 1300. After the Reformation the villages soon became Protestant, but in Lunteren the Catholics were able to hold their own for a century. An ancient sandy trade route, also known as the “Hessenweg”, connected the trade fair cities of Cologne and Frankfurt with Utrecht and ran from Arnhem via Ede to Amersfoort . These so-called Itinerare were very popular with travelers and merchants. The Hessian wagoners enjoyed their good reputation far beyond the German border. Growth only started in 1840 when the Utrecht - Arnhem railway line and the old "Reichsweg Arnheim - Utrecht" were opened, then shortly before the Second World War the Arnhem - Utrecht motorway (also known as Hazepad ) and several country roads were added. In 1902 the Ede - Barneveld railway was added. This enabled tourism to the nearby Veluwe and the establishment of sanatoriums, etc. The synthetic fiber factory of the Akzo Nobel group (formerly AKU) was located here from around 1920–2002. From around 1880 Ede and Harskamp became important garrison locations for the Dutch army .

politics

mayor

René Verhulst ( CDA ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since September 8, 2017 .

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The College is for the period 2018 to 2022 of members of the coalition parties CDA , ChristenUnie , Gemeentebelangen, GroenLinks and VVD . The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:

Surname Political party Department
Willemien Vreugdenhil CDA Economy, lively city center, program for the rural surroundings, agricultural and veterinary matters / animal welfare, environmental law (coordinating councilors), nature and landscape as well as biodiversity, basic problems, welfare and district approach
Leon Meijer ChristenUnie Youth and aid, education as well as early and pre-school education, social infrastructure, public health care, safe home, addiction support, public and spiritual health care, Ede-Wageningen knowledge axis, Essen, WFC, administration of the FoodValley region , finance, aviation
Peter de Pater Gemeente concerns Sports, recreation and tourism, traffic and transport, spatial planning, railway zone, facility management
Lex Hoefsloot GroenLinks Sustainability, environment and climate, BOR, housing, real estate, social assistance law and law for extraordinary treatment costs in the health care system, discrimination and emancipation as well as integration, social inclusion, communication, public affairs, citizen participation
Hester Veltman-Kamp VVD Participation Act, work and income, manpower, labor market region FoodValley, Euregio, coordinating councilors for quality of life, culture, personnel and organization, maintenance of administrative law, digitization and private life

The office of community secretary is carried out by Jeroen van Delden.

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
20th
10
0
15.9
14.9
13.7
13.1
9.7
9.7
6.8
6.1
4.3
5.9
GB
BB
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.5
+0.2
-1.0
+1.0
-1.3
+4.4
-2.6
± 0.0
-3.2
+3.0
GB
BB
Otherwise.

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
SGP 5 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th
ChristenUnie - - - - - 5 6th 6th 6th 6th
CDA 12 11 11 8th 8th 10 8th 7th 6th 6th
Gemeente concerns 1 2 2 4th 3 2 4th 4th 5 5
VVD 9 7th 5 6th 7th 5 5 6th 4th 4th
GroenLinks - - 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 4th
Progressive Ede 2 1 -
D66 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 4th 3
Burger issues - - - - - - 0 1 2 2
PvdA 5 7th 5 4th 5 4th 6th 4th 3 1
Democratic Kiezers Ede - - - - - - - - - 1
65 plus party - - - - - - - - 0 0
Reformed earth Beginsel Partij - - - - - - - - 0 0
Even weight - - - - - - - - - 0
Edese Jaap - - - - - - 0 - - -
Ede Transparant - - - - - - 0 - - -
Lijst de Haan - - - - - - 0 - - -
Liberaal Ede - - - - - 2 - - - -
Leefbaar Ede
REde'98 - - - - 1 1 - - - -
RPF 2 2 3 4th 5 - - - - -
GPV
SP 0 0 0 - - - - - - -
Right People's Party 0 0 - - - - - - - -
total 37 37 37 37 37 39 39 39 39 39

Attractions

Parks

  • The most important nature park is " Hoge Veluwe " with the Kröller-Müller Museum near Otterlo.
  • Other important natural areas of the Veluwe on the Ede area, which are suitable for hiking and cycling tours, are:
    • Ginkelse Heide (partly military area: closed for target practice)
    • Planken-Wambuis
    • Driesprong
    • Deelerwoud

photos

  • Ede, mill: de Keetmolen

  • Ede, street picture from Maanderplein

  • Lunteren, church: de Oude Kerk

  • Lunteren, mill: windkorenmolen de Hoop

  • Otterlo, the reformed church

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Ede  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ^ René Verhulst nieuwe burgemeester van Ede. In: Omroep Gelderland. June 7, 2017, accessed July 9, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. ^ College van burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Ede, accessed on July 9, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 9, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 9, 2018 (Dutch)