Bergen (North Holland)

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Bergen municipality
Flag of the municipality of Bergen
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Bergen
coat of arms
province North Holland North Holland
mayor Peter Rehwinkel ( PvdA ; acting)
Seat of the municipality Mountains
Area
 - land
 - water 		120.23  km 2
97.1 km 2
23.13 km 2
CBS code 0373
Residents 29,972 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 249 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 40 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  E
Important traffic route N9 N510 N511 N512
prefix 072
Postcodes 1861-1862, 1865, 1870-1871, 1873, 1931, 1934-1935
Website Homepage of Bergen
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Church in mountains
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Bergen ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is located west of Alkmaar on the North Sea and has 29,972 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). The towns of Egmond and Schoorl have also been part of the municipality since 2001 . Audio file / audio sample

Touristic

The seaside resorts of Bergen aan Zee , Egmond aan Zee and Schoorl aan Zee are located in the municipality , all three with long sandy beaches. There is also a zone between Schoorl aan Zee and Bergen aan Zee where nudist tourism is allowed.

The dune landscape is very popular. A large area is forested. There are also some small lakes and some heather in the dunes.

Bergen has been an artists' village for a century. There are sculptures everywhere in town, some by well-known artists. The Kranenburgh Museum shows paintings from the Bergen School . Around the Meerwijk park there are beautiful villas built by the Amsterdam School from 1917.

Until 1955, the steam locomotive “Bello” ran in Bergen in the summer. Today "Bello" is in the "Stoomtrain Museum" in Hoorn . The village, criss-crossed by shady avenues, has a picturesque church ruin and some typical, old houses.

Bergen is visited by many day visitors to the surrounding seaside resorts during the season. At these times, the town center is very busy with private cars, which the streets, which seem to be made for stagecoaches, do not benefit at all. Bergen can also be comfortably reached from the surrounding area by bike and public bus transport.

In addition to the Connexxion buses, there are so-called Buurtebus lines between the municipalities or parts of the municipality Camperduin, Groet, Schoorl, Bergen aan Zee, Egmond aan Zee and Egmond a / d Hoef. De Buurtebus was founded in 2001 as a private association to replace bus routes that were no longer available. Operations started in May 2002 with 70 volunteers and two buses.

Schoorl is also a lovely village between dunes and polder landscape .

Bergen aan Zee has a lake aquarium .

The whole municipality offers many hotels, guest houses and campsites.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
20.2
17.9
15.5
12.9
11.3
9.5
7.2
5.4
KIESL
GBES
BBB
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-4.7
+3.3
+1.5
+1.3
-0.9
-4.6
-0.8
+5.4
KIESL
GBES
BBB

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
KIES Lokaal - - 6th 5
GroenLinks 2 4th 3 4th
VVD 4th 5 3 3
Community affairs BES 5 6th 3 3
CDA 5 3 3 2
D66 1 3 3 2
PvdA 5 2 2 1
Behoorlijk Bestuur Bergen - - - 1
GDP - - 0 -
BOBbes 1 0 - -
total 23 23 23 21st

Political structure

The community is divided into the following districts:

No. place Residents
01 Mountains inland 11,760
02 Bergen aan Zee 375
03 Buitengebied mountains 550
04 Egmond aan Zee 4,655
05 Egmond inland 2,745
06 Egmond aan den Hoef 3,585
07 Schoorl 6.160
local community 29,844
  1. ↑ District number
  2. ↑ (as of January 1, 2017)

Personalities

Born in Bergen

Associated with mountains

  • Leo Gestel (1881–1941), Dutch painter, lived and worked from 1921 to 1924 in Bergen
  • Kees de Kort (* 1934), Dutch painter and book illustrator, lives in Bergen
  • Lucebert (1924–1994), Dutch painter, printmaker, poet and writer, buried in Bergen
  • Edgar du Perron (1899–1940), Dutch poet, writer and journalist, died in Bergen
  • Charley Toorop (1891–1955), painter and lithographer, lived in Bergen from 1922 until her death

gallery

  • Dunes in Schoorl aan Zee

  • Seashells on the beach

  • Small bridge on the North Holland Canal

  • In the dunes between Schoorl and Bergen

  • Lighthouse in Egmond aan Zee

Web links

Commons : Bergen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brigit Groeneveld: Peter Rehwinkel aan de slag as a warden burgemeester van Bergen. In: BD . De Persgroep Nederland , February 6, 2020, accessed March 3, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Villas of the Amsterdam School in Bergen
  4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on April 29, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006–2010 2014 2018 , accessed on April 29, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 29, 2018 (Dutch)