Drumming

Drimmelen parish

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Gert de Kok ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality	Made
Area  - land  - water	119.43  km 2 95.18 km 2 24.25 km 2
CBS code	1719
Residents	27,156 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	227 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 48 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0162, 0168, 076
Postcodes	4766, 4844-4845, 4921, 4924, 4926-4927
Website	Homepage of Drimmelen

Drimmelen ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . It encloses the Amer River .

Districts

The municipality of Drimmelen consists of six districts:

• Drimmelen (567 inhabitants; as of Jan. 1, 2018)
• Hooge Zwaluwe (1709 inhabitants)
• Location Zwaluwe (3983 inhabitants)
• Made (town hall; 12,348 inhabitants)
• Terheijden (6276 inhabitants)
• Wagenberg (2183 inhabitants).

politics

The Lijst Harry Bakker won the last local election on March 21, 2018 with a percentage of 31.5%. Together with Groen Drimmelen and the VVD, it forms the coalition for the 2018–2022 legislative period.

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 55.71%

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

31.5

18.6

16.9

13.9

7.9

6.1

5.2

n. k.

LHB ^a

VVD

CAB ^c

DG ^d

CDA

PvdA

GBD ^g

GL

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-5.0

+3.2

+0.1

+0.9

-0.6

+0.4

+5.2

-4.1

LHB ^a

VVD

CAB ^c

DG ^d

CDA

PvdA

GBD ^g

GL

Remarks:

^a Lijst Harry Bakker

^c Combinatie Algemeen Belang

^{d Great} Drimmelen

^g Gemeentebelangen Drimmelen

The local council has been formed as follows since Drimmelen was founded:

Political party	Seats
	1996	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
Lijst Harry Bakker	-	-	1	7th	6th	8th	7th
VVD	3	5	3	2	4th	3	4th
Combinatie Algemeen Belang a	-	5	6th	4th	4th	4th	4th
Groen Drimmelen b	-	-	3	2	2	3	3
CDA	3	3	3	3	2	2	1
PvdA	1	2	2	3	2	1	1
Gemeentebelangen Drimmelen	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
GroenLinks	-	-	-	-	1	0	-
Community concerns	2	1	2	0	-	-	-
Mayse Partij	1	1	1	0	-	-	-
Vooruitstrevende Partij	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
D66	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Algemeen Zwaluw's concern	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Combinatie '74	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
total	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st

Remarks

^a Combinatie Algemeen Belang emerged from the merger of Algemeen Zwaluws Belang and Combinatie '74 .

^b Groen Drimmelen emerged from the merger of the local D66 fraction and the Vooruitstrevende Partij .

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The Lijst Harry Bakker provides the college van burgemeester en wethouders two councilors ready, while the coalition parties Groen Drimmelen and VVD are present with one councilor. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:

function	Surname	Political party	Department	annotation
mayor	Gert de Kok	PvdA	public order and security, surveillance and enforcement, cabinet affairs, civil affairs (legal part), administrative organization, personnel and organization, intermunicipal cooperation, West Brabant region	in office since April 14, 2005
Alderman	Jan-Willem Stoop	Lijst Harry Bakker	Public space, transport and traffic, water (including climate adaptation), spatial development, housing, basic questions, law for the general determination of environmental law, swimming pools, agriculture, environmental vision, happiness, Made center plan, classical cultural education, external security	first deputy mayor
	Lieke Schuitmaker	VVD	Economy, recreation and tourism, harbors, Biesbosch, Delta Works, regional network, regional funds, heritage (including monuments), participation (s), law on social support, work for the elderly, facilities and neighborhood houses	second deputy mayor; represents Alderman John van Oosterhout (VVD) because of his health problems
	Harry Bakker	Lijst Harry Bakker	Finances, village-oriented work, management and services, communication, animal welfare (including dog policy), culture and media, public affairs, archive, sport (including sports facilities), volunteers, future vision project	third deputy mayor
	Jürgen Vissers	Big drimmel	Sustainability and climate, energy transition, environment, garbage, biodiversity, nature policy, education (including Dongemond College ), youth welfare, youth and young talent policy, libraries, health care, minimum income policy (including debt counseling), refugee (s work)	fourth deputy mayor
Community Secretary	Cor Smits	-	-	in office since September 2008

Daughters and sons of the city

• Kees Pellenaars (1913–1988), racing cyclist, born in Terheijden
• Thijs van Oers (1900–1990), racing cyclist, born in Lage Zwaluwe

Web links

Commons : Drimmelen  - 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. ↑ Drimmelen in cijfers. In: drimmelen.nl. Gemeente Drimmelen, accessed December 30, 2018 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 30, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ^ College van burgemeester en wethouders . In: drimmelen.nl . Gemeente Drimmelen, accessed December 30, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ De Kok used as burgemeester Drimmelen. Omroep Brabant, April 15, 2005, accessed December 30, 2018 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Cobine van der Louw: Lieke Schuitmaker uit Hooge Zwaluwe beëdigd dead Wethouder in Drimmelen. In: BN DeStem . Wegener, November 16, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 (Dutch).