Belfeld
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.svg){kind=small} Limburg
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 Venlo
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Area - land - water |
13.89 km 2 13.52 km 2 0.37 km 2 |
| Residents | 5,535 (Jan 1, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 19 ′ N , 6 ° 7 ′ E |
| height | 24 m NAP |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 077 |
| Postcodes | 5932, 5935, 5951, 5953, 5993 |
| Website | Homepage of Belfeld |
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Belfeld ( Limburgish Belvend ) is a village and was formerly a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg . Since its incorporation in 2001, Belfeld has been the southernmost district of the city of Venlo with 5,535 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2018). Neighboring towns are Tegelen , Steyl , Kaldenkirchen and Reuver .
Surname
Possibly the name of the village goes back to the Germanic name "bala" (white), which means "white-colored moor".
history
The earliest mention of Belfeld comes from the year 1326. It is a document in which the name of a scion of the Gelder noble family Van Broeckhuysen is mentioned. He was given the task of building and living in the Jülich fiefdom in Brüggen . He had to give up his property and possessions in "Belven". The place Belfeld was mentioned under several names: "Beblevelt", "Bollevelt" and "Belsveldt". From 1800 "Belfeld" is always written.
The center of Belfeld was badly damaged in World War II . After the war the center was relocated.
Belfeld is located in an area with extensive clay deposits . In Roman times there were already pottery and brick kilns in what is now the neighboring village of Tegelen . In 2000 the last roof tile factory in Belfeld was closed.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1982:
| Political party | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | |
| Belfeldse Democrats | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| CDA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 3 |
| VVD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Progressieve Partij '94 a | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lijst Scholte | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Lijst1-86 b | 5 | 4th | 3 | - | - |
| total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
- Remarks
Personalities
- Arno Adams (1957), singer and composer
- Marco Gielen (1970), long-distance runner
- Annemiek Jetten (1963), Mayor of the South Dutch municipality of Vlaardingen
- Marita Mathijsen (1944), literary scholar
- Louise Schouwenberg (1954), author and sculptor
- Sander Schutgens (1975), long-distance runner and ambassador for Venloop
- Harry Seijben (1932–1978), entrepreneur, politician (council member 1958–1978 and alderman 1966–1978)
- Leo Stevens (1944), tax specialist at the Erasmus University Rotterdam , Financieele Dagblad
- FeestDJRuud (1986), live DJ
Web links
- Website of the village (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on September 1, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on September 1, 2018 (Dutch)