Bunnik

Bunnik municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	Utrecht
mayor	Ruud van Bennekom ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality	Bunnik
Area  - land  - water	37.57  km 2 36.95 km 2 0.62 km 2
CBS code	0312
Residents	15,192 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	404 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 12 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	030
Postcodes	3980-3981, 3984-3985
Website	Homepage of Bunnik

Bunnik ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht .

history

Gothic village church with a Romanesque tower

Shortly after the beginning of our era, the Romans built an important fort (castellum) near Vechten (Fectio ) with a port on the then course of the Rhine. Back then the Lek river was less important. Most of the water flowed from Wijk near Duurstede northwards via Utrecht to Katwijk on the Rhine .

A trading center developed near the fort. Even when the Romans left the fort in the third century, the trading center remained. The area was occupied over time by the Frisians and the Franks .
See also the main article Fectio .

Around 1125, the Rhine was separated by a dike near Wijk bij Duurstede. The Lek now picked up the Rhine water and led it towards the North Sea .

In the 8th and 9th centuries, the three villages Bunnichem (Bunnik), Iodichem (Odijk) and Wercundia (Werkhoven) developed. Their small village churches were built in the 12th and 13th centuries.

From 1817 to 1856 there were four parishes in what is now Bunnik Parish. The present congregation has existed since 1964.

Surroundings

The municipality of Bunnik is close to a railway junction. There are fast connections to Utrecht . The Krumme Rhine ( Kromme Rijn ) flows through the three settlement areas of the municipality. The oldest youth hostel in the Netherlands is in Rhijnauwen.

politics

The municipal council in Bunnik has 15 members.

Distribution of seats
Political party	1994	1998	2002	2006
CDA	6th	5	5	5
D66	2	2	2	1
GroenLinks	2	-	-	-
PvdA / GroenLinks as a perspective 21	-	4th	5	6th
PvdA	1	-	-	-
VVD	4th	4th	3	3

places

Bunnik, Odijk and Werkhoven .

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nieuwe burgemeester in Bunnik. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, November 6, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)