Beek (municipality)

Beek municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	Limburg
mayor	Christine van Basten-Boddin ( D66 )
Seat of the municipality	Beek
Area  - land  - water	21.03  km 2 21.03 km 2 0 km 2
CBS code	0888
Residents	15,935 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	758 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	50 ° 56 '  N , 5 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '  N , 5 ° 48'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	046
Postcodes	6176, 6191, 6199, 7037
Website	Homepage of Beek

Beek ( Limburgish Baek ) is a Dutch municipality in the province of Limburg and, according to the CBS, had 15,935 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 . The Maastricht Aachen Airport is located in the municipality. Beek is located 15 km north of Maastricht and 20 km east of the Belgian city of Genk .

coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided and split at the bottom.

The top of the first field in a growing silver red doppelschwänziger rotgezungter Leo ( Limburgian Lion ), the black until reaching to the edge cross obscured; in the second field in red a silver double snake cross and in the third field in silver three (2; 1) red balls . The blue stripe on the flag symbolizes the Cötelbeek river , after which the municipality is named.

A golden crown rests on the shield .

Districts

The community consists of eight districts (population in brackets, as of January 1, 2017):

• Beek (8,400)
• Geverik (395)
• Grootgenhout (1,045)
• Kelmond (150)
• Kleingenhout (170)
• Neerbeek (2,425)
• Spaubeek (3,315)
• Vliegbasis Zuid-Limburg (30)

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

32.2

29.7

20.7

9.2

8.2

BBB / NDB

CDA

PER

VVD

SBB

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-2.2

+5.2

-1.9

+0.9

-1.9

BBB / NDB

CDA

PER

VVD

SBB

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
Burger concerns beek	6th	7th	6th	5
Nieuwe Democrats Beek
CDA	5	4th	4th	5
Progressief Beek a	4th	4th	4th	4th
VVD	2	2	1	2
Seniors concern beek	-	-	2	1
total	17th	17th	17th	17th

^aProgressief Beek is an amalgamation of the parties D66 , GroenLinks and PvdA .

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The following people belong to the college :

mayor

• Christine van Basten-Boddin ( D66 ) (Appointed: February 16, 2016)

Alderman

• Thijs van Es (Burger Belangen Beek / Nieuwe Democrats Beek)
• Ralph Diederen ( CDA )
• Hub Schoenmakers (Burger Belangen Beek / Nieuwe Democrats Beek)
• Hub Hodzelmans (CDA)

Community Secretary

• Ron de Louw

Attractions

Sights include the Martinskirche and the ruins of Jansgeleen Castle, of which the forecourt and a windmill have been preserved.

• 

  The Sint Martinuskerk in Beek

• 

  Traditional windmill at Kelmond

• 

  Spaubeek Church

Personalities

• Charles Henri Hubert Spronck (1858–1932), medic
• Pyke Koch (1901–1991), painter
• Sef Imkamp (1925–2013), administrative lawyer and politician
• Maud Welzen (* 1993), model

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Beek  - travel guide

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Beek tourist website (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 26, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 26, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 26, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ Samenstelling en taakverdeling college van B&W ( Memento of the original from July 26, 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 Beek, accessed July 26, 2018 (Dutch)