Heeze-Leende

Heeze-Leende municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Paul Verhoeven ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Heeze
Area  - land  - water	105.04  km 2 104.01 km 2 1.03 km 2
CBS code	1658
Residents	15,964 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	152 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 22 ′  N , 5 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′  N , 5 ° 33 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	040
Postcodes	5591, 5595, 6029
Website	heeze-leende.nl

Castle Heeze

Heeze-Leende ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . It was formed on January 1, 1997 from the former parishes of Heeze and Leende and the village of Sterksel , which belonged to the parish of Maarheeze .

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Heeze-Leende borders the municipalities of Geldrop-Mierlo , Someren , Cranendonck , Hamont-Achel , Valkenswaard , Waalre and Eindhoven .

Districts

Heeze (town hall), Leende, Leenderstrijp and Sterksel.

photos

• 

  Heeze, church: de Sint Martinuskerk

• 

  Leende, church: de Sint Petrus Bandenkerk

Surroundings

The following natural areas are located in the area outside the built-up area:

• Strabrechtse Heide
• Herbertusbossen
• het Leenderbos en de Groote Heide

politics

Lokaal Heeze-Leende won the local election in 2018 with 22.5 percent, replacing the CDA as the winner. In the legislative period from 2018 to 2022, the local party is part of a coalition with the CDA, the D66 and the PvdA .

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 59.2%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.5

21.7

14.4

13.7

8.7

7.7

7.5

3.9

LHL ^a

CDA

VVD

PvOJ / GL ^d

AbHL ^e

D66

PvdA

LLP ^h

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+1.2

-4.1

-6.2

+2.2

+8.7

-4.3

-1.4

+3.9

LHL ^a

CDA

VVD

PvOJ / GL ^d

AbHL ^e

D66

PvdA

LLP ^h

Remarks:

^a Lokaal Heeze-Leende

^d Partij voor Oud en Jong / GroenLinks; the Partij Voor Oud en Jong ran in 2014 without GroenLinks as a separate electoral list

^e Algemeen Belang Heeze-Leende

^h De Local Liberale Partij

The local council has been formed as follows since Heeze-Leende was founded:

Political party	Seats
	1996	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
Lokaal Heeze-Leende a	-	-	3	3	4th	4th	4th
CDA	6th	4th	5	5	5	4th	4th
VVD	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Partij voor Oud en Jong b	-	2	3	3	1	2	2
GroenLinks	-	-	-	-	-	-
Algemeen Belang Heeze-Leende	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
D66	-	-	-	-	2	2	1
PvdA	2	2	2	3	2	2	1
Democratic Groep Heeze	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
Sterk Heeze-Leende	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Heezer Verenigde Partij	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
Lijst Bax	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sterksel 2000	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Algemeen Ouderen Verbond	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unie 55+		-	-	-	-	-	-
total	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th

Remarks

^a Lokaal Heeze-Leende emerged from the merger of the Heezer Verenigde Partij and Sterk Heeze-Leende .

^bUp to and including 2010, the Partij voor Oud en Jong ran under the name Frans Maas voor Oud en Jong .

College van B&W

The coalition parties CDA, D66, Lokaal Heeze-Leende and PvdA each provide an alderman to the College van burgemeester en wethouders . The following people belong to the college:

function	Surname	Political party	annotation
mayor	Paul Verhoeven	VVD	in office since February 1, 2006
Alderman	Jan de Bruijn	Lokaal Heeze-Leende	first deputy mayor
	Frank de Win	CDA	second deputy mayor
	Pieter van der Stek	D66	third deputy mayor
	Toon Bosmans	PvdA	fourth deputy mayor
Community Secretary	Peggy Hurkmans	-	in office since April 2016

Web links

Commons : Heeze-Leende  - 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. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1996–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on February 25, 2019 (Dutch)
3. ↑ How zijn de collegeleden? . In: heeze-leende.nl . Gemeente Heeze-Leende, accessed February 25, 2019 (Dutch)