Albrandswaard
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coat of arms |
province | South Holland |
mayor | Jolanda de Witte ( D66 ) |
Seat of the municipality | Poortugaal |
Area - land - water |
23.76 km 2 21.73 km 2 2.03 km 2 |
CBS code | 0613 |
Residents | 25,228 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 1062 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 51 ° 52 ′ N , 4 ° 25 ′ E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 010 |
Postcodes | 3161-3162, 3165, 3171-3172, 3176 |
Website | Homepage of Albrandswaard |
Albrandswaard ( municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland , which is named after a polder . It was created in 1985 by merging the Rhoon and Poortugaal and is located about 15 kilometers south of Rotterdam . A Heerlijkheid called Albrandswaard had existed here as early as 1246, but their rule resided in Breda or The Hague . It was incorporated into Poortugaal in 1841 after the electoral rights were abolished. The town hall of today's municipality is in Poortugaal.
) is aDistricts and settlement areas
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Poortugaal
- Poortugaal and land route
- Deltawijk and Zuid
- Remaining area of Poortugaal
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Rhoon
- Oude Koedood
- Area north of the metro
- Overhoeken industrial area
- Remaining area of Rhoon
- Portland
The Rotterdam Albrandswaard industrial area is also located in the municipality of Albrandswaard . The signs to Rotterdam read: “Rotterdam (Gemeente Albrandswaard)”.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
Political party | Seats | |||
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2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
VVD | 4th | 5 | 6th | 5 |
Really voor Albrandswaard | 5 | 7th | 5 | 4th |
Stem-Lokaal | - | - | - | 3 |
Leefbaar Albrandswaard | - | - | - | 3 |
CDA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
PvdA | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
GroenLinks | - | - | - | 1 |
ChristenUnie / SGP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Nieuwe Albrandswaardse Partij | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
GRANDPA | - | - | 3 | - |
total | 19th | 19th | 21st | 21st |
mayor
Jolanda de Witte ( D66 ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since July 1, 2019 . His colleagues include the alderman Marco Goedknegt ( VVD ), Jacqueline de Leeuwe ( Nieuwe Albrandswaardse Partij ), Hans van der Graaff (PvdA), Maret Rombout ( Echt voor Albrandswaard ) and the municipal secretary Hans Cats .
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
- De vergeten geschiedenis van de hoge heerlijkheid Albrandswaard (Ton Oosterhuis, Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jolanda de Witte (D66) presented as burgemeester van Albrandswaard. In: AD . De Persgroep Nederland , May 13, 2019, accessed July 1, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Samenstelling college Gemeente Albrandswaard, accessed on May 20, 2018 (Dutch)