Heerenveen
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| province |
 Fryslân
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| mayor | Tjeerd van der Zwan ( PvdA ) |
| Seat of the municipality | Heerenveen |
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Area - land - water |
198.17 km 2 190.13 km 2 8.04 km 2 |
| CBS code | 0074 |
| Residents | 50,271 (Jan 31, 2019) |
| Population density | 254 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 57 ′ N , 5 ° 56 ′ E |
| height | 1 m NAP |
| Important traffic route |
     
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| prefix | 0513, 0516 |
| Postcodes | 8411-8415, 8441-8449, 8451-8459, 8468-8469, 8491, 8494-9495, 9001, 9163 |
| Website | Homepage of Heerenveen |
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Heerenveen ( ) ( West Frisian It Hearrenfean ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland and, according to the CBS, had 50,271 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 . The total area of the municipality is 198.17 km².
places
The municipality includes the town of Heerenveen (around 30,000 inhabitants) and the villages and settlements: Bontebok, De Knipe, Gersloot, Hoornsterzwaag, Jubbega, Katlijk, Luinjeberd, Mildam, Nieuwehorne, Nieuweschoot, Oranjewoud, Oudehaske, Oudehorne, Terbandeschoot.
Location and economy
Heerenveen is located on some of the waterways used by inland shipping and on the motorway and railway line between Leeuwarden and Zwolle . The express trains also stop at the station.
In Heerenveen, which is the economic, social and cultural center of the area, there are several schools, a hospital, a psychiatric institution, a theater, etc.
The main factory is the Batavus - bicycle factory , which was founded in the 1904th Today it belongs to the Accell Group , whose headquarters are in Heerenveen.
history
Heerenveen was founded in 1551 by three counts for peat extraction. The name is derived from the words heer (= "Herr", "Graf") and veen (= "Fehn" , "Torf"). Heerenveen never received city rights .
From 1700 the suburb of Oranjewoud, which lies in the middle of a small forest area, was popular with the wealthy of the province. Encouraged by the governor of Friesland , who had a country estate built himself, they too built mansions. These are now in use as a luxury hotel or clinic.
Around 1880 the socialist Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis tried very hard to improve the situation of the workers in the region. A small museum is dedicated to him in Heerenveen.
After the Second World War , industrialization began. At times the Philips group had a factory in the city.
On January 1, 2014, Heerenveen parts of the municipality Boarnsterhim were incorporated after its dissolution.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2010 | 2013 a | 2018 | |
| PvdA | 12 | 8th | 8th | 6th |
| VVD | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 |
| CDA | 4th | 3 | 4th | 5 |
| FNP | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| GroenLinks | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gemeentebelangen Heerenveen | - | 4th | 4th | 3 |
| D66 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| SP | - | - | - | 2 |
| ChristenUnie | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Blanco Lijst 9 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Leefbaar Heerenveen | 2 | - | - | - |
| total | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 |
mayor
Tjeerd van der Zwan ( PvdA ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since June 10, 2011 . His colleagues include the alderman Jelle Zoetendal (PvdA), Hans Broekhuizen ( CDA ), Jaap van Veen ( VVD ) and the municipal secretary Jeroen van Leeuwestijn .
Sporty and sightseeing
Apart from the “Crackstate” mansion, Heerenveen has hardly any monuments. The city has a sporty atmosphere.
The Thialf speed skating stadium , named after a figure from Nordic mythology , was one of the first covered competition venues of its kind in the world. National and international competitions are held there every year.
The football club SC Heerenveen has played in the Dutch honor division without interruption since 1993 and has already taken part in several European competitions . Its stadium with a capacity of around 26,000 seats is named after Abe Lenstra , who was born in Heerenveen and was one of the best players in Dutch football history and a national player in the 1940s and 1950s.
Town twinning
Heerenveen has two twin cities :
| city | country | since |
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| Baselga di Pinè |
 Italy
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| Rishon LeZion |
 Israel
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1993 |
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Wilhelm Heinrich von Sachsen-Eisenach (1691–1741), Duke of Sachsen-Eisenach
- Albert Gillis von Baumhauer (1891–1939), aviation pioneer
- Wim Duisenberg (1935–2005), economist, banker, President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003
- Jacob de Haan (* 1959), composer and musician
- Jan Huitema (* 1984), politician
- Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983), politician
- Sven Kramer (* 1986), speed skater
- Abe Lenstra (1920–1985), football player
- Onno Meijer (1960–2008), actor
- Thijsje Oenema (* 1988), speed skater
- Tineke Postma (* 1978), jazz musician
- Franke Sloothaak (* 1958), German-Dutch show jumper
- Aafke Soet (* 1997), cyclist and short tracker
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2013 2018 , accessed on June 17, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2013 2018 , accessed on June 17, 2018 (Dutch)
- ^ College van B&W Gemeentesecretaris Gemeente Heerenveen, accessed on June 17, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ History - VVV Heerenveen . Retrieved March 11, 2015.