Dwingeloo

Dwingeloo

flag	coat of arms
province	Drenthe
local community	Westerveld
Area  - land  - water	30.83  km 2 29.66 km 2 1.17 km 2
Residents	2,655 (Jan 1, 2018)
Coordinates	52 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 22 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0521
Postcodes	7963-7964, 7975, 7981, 7984-7986, 7991, 8426, 9411, 9417, 9423
Location of Dwingeloo in the municipality of Westerveld

St. Nicolas Church Dwingeloo

Dwingeloo is a village in the Netherlands . It belongs to the municipality of Westerveld and is located in the province of Drenthe between the Autobahn 28 ( European route 232 ) and the national road 371 , which are connected by the national road 855 , which runs directly past Dwingeloo . In 2018 the village had 2,655 inhabitants.

A radio telescope is located near Dwingeloo , which went into operation in 1956 and at that time was the largest in the world with a diameter of 25 m. It went out of service in 2000, but was made operational again in 2013, used by amateur astronomers and also became a technical monument. Most of the employees of the Dutch Institute for Radio Astronomy ASTRON are still working there, and there is a LOFAR test field there .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1982:

Political party	Seats
	1982	1986	1990	1994
PvdA	4th	4th	4th	3
VVD	3	3	3	3
CDA	2	2	2	2
Gemeentebelangen Dwingeloo	2	2	2	2
D66	-	-	-	1
total	11	11	11	11

Personalities

• Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863–1930), art historian born in Dwingeloo

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on September 16, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on September 16, 2018 (Dutch)