Bedum
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Groningen
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| local community |
 Het Hogeland
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Area - land - water |
44.96 km 2 44.55 km 2 0.41 km 2 |
| Residents | 10,469 (Sep 30, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 18 ′ N , 6 ° 36 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
    
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| prefix | 050 |
| Postcodes | 9781, 9784-9785, 9959 |
| Website | Homepage of Bedum |
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Bedum ( ) was a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands . It was approximately 45 km² and had 10,469 inhabitants (as of September 30, 2018). Of these, about 9,000 lived in the main town of Bedum, 1200 in Zuidwolde, 700 in Onderdendam and 350 in Noordwolde. On January 1, 2019, the municipality merged with De Marne , Winsum and Eemsmond . The name of the new municipality is Het Hogeland .
Location and economy
The municipality is only about 10 kilometers north of the provincial capital Groningen and about 35 kilometers west of the German border. In the 1970s, the municipality of Groningen annexed a few square kilometers at Bedum's expense. There Groningen built the Beijum district.
White cabbage for sauerkraut has been grown in the municipality since ancient times . This plant is called in the regional dialect: "Boeskool". Therefore a statue of a white cabbage farmer ("boeskoolboer") was erected in Zuidwolde.
Bedum has a small train station on the Groningen - Delfzijl railway line .
politics
fusion
On January 1, 2019, Bedum merged with De Marne , Winsum and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland .
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2002:
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | |
| Community concerns Bedum | 4th | 3 | 6th | 4th |
| CDA | 4th | 4th | 3 | 4th |
| PvdA | 3 | 4th | 3 | 3 |
| ChristenUnie | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| VVD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Due to the merger on January 1, 2019, the elections for the council of the new municipality of Het Hogeland took place on November 21, 2018.
mayor
Erica van Lente ( PvdA ) was acting mayor of the municipality from February 1, 2017 until the time of the dissolution . To their college include the Assistant Secretary Menne van Dijk ( ChristenUnie ), Jan-Willem van de Kolk (PvdA), Johannes de Vries ( CDA ) and the municipal secretary Richard Wiltjer.
photos
Bedum, view of the bridge (de Gele Klap)
Onderdendam, mill: de molen van Haitsma
Onderdendam, sculpture (het Jagertje) and drawbridge
Zuidwolde, mill: de Krimstermolen
Well-known sons and daughters of the community
- Jan Mekel (1891–1942), university professor and resistance activist
- Hendrik Brunsting (1902–1997), archaeologist
- Arjen Robben (* 1984), soccer player
Twin cities
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
- Merger Municipalities website (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed January 1, 2019 (Dutch)
- ↑ a b Herindeling gemeente Bedum ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Gemeente Bedum, accessed June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2010 2014 , accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2002 2006 2010 2014 , accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Herindelingen Kiesraad , accessed on June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ^ Van Lente is first vrouwelijke burgemeester voor Bedum. In: RTV Noord . February 1, 2017, accessed June 22, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ How is how? ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Gemeente Bedum, accessed June 22, 2018 (Dutch)
