Boekel (North Brabant)
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coat of arms |
province | North Brabant |
mayor | Pierre Bos ( CDA ) |
Seat of the municipality | Boekel |
Area - land - water |
34.52 km 2 34.51 km 2 0.01 km 2 |
CBS code | 0755 |
Residents | 10,617 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 308 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 51 ° 36 ′ N , 5 ° 40 ′ E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0492 |
Postcodes | 5427-5428 |
Website | Homepage of Boekel |
Boekel is a Dutch municipality in the south of the country in the province of Noord-Brabant .
The city of Uden is 8 kilometers north, Veghel 9 km west, Helmond 14 km south, Eindhoven 22 km south-west, 's-Hertogenbosch 26 km north-west and Amsterdam 95 km north-west (all information as the crow flies to the respective city center).
The next motorway exits are in the south at Someren on the A67 ( E34 ), in the east at Boxmeer on the A73 (partly E31 ) and in the west at Best , Boxtel and 's-Hertogenbosch on the A2 ( E25 ).
The nearest train stations are in Helmond, Deurne , Eindhoven, Best, Venray and Boxmeer.
Eindhoven Airport is the closest airport, which mostly offers scheduled flights to other European countries, as well as charter flights to non-European holiday destinations in the summer months. The Amsterdam airport is the nearest international airport.
politics
The CDA was able to improve its share of the vote by around 22 percentage points compared to the 2014 local elections and won the election on March 21, 2018. Together with the Gemeenschapsbelang Venhorst-Boekel and the VVD, they will form the coalition between 2018 and 2022.
Municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:
Political party | Seats | |||||||||
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1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
CDA | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4th | 4th | 3 | 4th | 7th |
Gemeenschapsbelang Venhorst-Boekel | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th |
Democratic Onafhankelijke Partij | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 4th | 3 |
VVD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Boekel's Welzijn | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
Worker matters | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Donkers | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Middengroep Werknemers Combinatie | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst van den Hoven | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15th | 15th |
College of Mayors and Aldermen
The following people belong to the College van burgemeester en wethouders of the municipality of Boekel:
- mayor
- Pierre Bos ( CDA ; took office: December 1, 2008)
- Alderman
- Marius Tielemans (CDA)
- Henri Willems (Gemeenschapsbelang Venhorst-Boekel)
- Martijn Buijsse ( VVD )
- Community Secretary
- Jo Marcic
Personalities
- Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (* 1970), racing cyclist
- Mirella van Melis (* 1979), cyclist, born in the Venhorst district
- Hannes van Asseldonk (* 1992), racing driver
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ a b Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 23, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Samstelling college van B&W . In: boekel.nl . Gemeente Boekel, accessed December 23, 2018 (Dutch)