Bernheze

Bernheze municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Marieke Moorman ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality	Heesch
Area  - land  - water	90.41  km 2 89.73 km 2 0.68 km 2
CBS code	1721
Residents	30,804 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	341 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 31 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0413, 0412
Postcodes	5383-5384, 5388, 5471-5473, 5476
Website	Homepage of Bernheze

Bernheze ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the province of Noord-Brabant . It was created in 1994 through the merger of the previous communities Heesch , Heeswijk-Dinther and Nistelrode , initially under the name Heesch. In 1995 the parish was renamed Bernheze.

Districts

The municipality of Bernheze has six official districts: Heesch (with the town hall), Heeswijk-Dinther, Nistelrode, Vorstenbosch , Loosbroek and Vinkel.

politics

The Christian Democratic Party CDA won the local election in 2018 with 23.1% of the vote. In addition to this party, the coalition in the 2018–2022 legislative period consists of Lokaal and SP .

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 53.66%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

23.1

21.5

15.4

12.2

10.3

9.0

8.6

CDA

Lokaal

SP

D66

VVD

PRO ^f

PPB ^g

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+1.5

+2.8

-1.6

-3.2

+4.0

-1.0

-2.2

CDA

Lokaal

SP

D66

VVD

PRO ^f

PPB ^g

Remarks:

^f Progressief Bernheze

^g Politieke Partij Blanco

The municipal council has been formed as follows since Bernheze was founded:

Political party	Seats
	1993	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
CDA	8th	6th	6th	5	6th	5	6th
Lokaal a	-	-	-	-	-	4th	5
SP	2	2	-	2	3	4th	3
D66	2	0	-	-	-	3	3
VVD	1	1	2	2	1	1	2
Progressief Bernheze b	2	4th	3	3	3	2	2
Politieke Partij Blanco	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Bernheze Solidair c	-	3	3	3	3	-	-
Onafhankelijke Politieke Groepering	1	1	2	3	3	-	-
Algemeen Belang Bernheze	-	3	4th	3	2	-	-
BZB '98	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
6CORE	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Lijst Geurden	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rosmalen van de Rakt Politiek	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorps concerns	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
total	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st	23

Remarks

^a Lokaal emerged from the merger of the parties Algemeen Belang Bernheze , Bernheze Solidair and Onafhankelijke Politieke Groepering .

^b Progressief Bernheze is an amalgamation of the parties GroenLinks and PvdA and was called up to and including PP93 .

^cUntil 2010, the Bernheze Solidair party ran under the name Nistelrode Solidair .

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The coalition parties CDA , Lokaal and SP are each present with an alderman in the College van burgemeester en wethouders . The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:

function	Surname	Political party	Department	annotation
Mayoress	Marieke Moorman	PvdA	public order and security, regional cooperation, communication and services, personnel matters / organization, enforcement of the Catering Act	in office since November 1, 2013
Alderman	Peter van Boekel	CDA	spatial development, housing, public space, sewers and water, nature and landscape, recreation and tourism	first deputy mayor
	Rien Wijdeven	Lokaal	Finances, economic affairs, innovation and sustainability, cleaning and the environment, enforcement of the areas of environment as well as building and living, sport, basic issues, social real estate, monuments, information technology, mobility / transport and traffic, participation law, social affairs	-
	Rein van Moorselaar	SP	Youth and young talent policy, social welfare law, welfare, health care, senior citizens policy, volunteer policy, education, school transport, participation of residents, art and culture	-
Community Secretary	Noud Bex	-	-	in office since January 2008

Events

In 2006 the 15th European Shooting Festival took place in the district of Heeswijk  , an event of the European Community of Historical Shooting .

photos

• 

  Nistelrode, church

• 

  Nistelrode, monumental building

• 

  Dinther, monumental building

• 

  Heeswijk, church

• 

  Heeswijk, castle: kasteel Heeswijk

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1993–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 21, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ College van B en W . In: bernheze.org . Gemeente Bernheze, accessed December 21, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ European Community of Historical Shooters