Hellevoetsluis

Hellevoetsluis municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	South Holland
mayor	Milène Junius ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality	Hellevoetsluis
Area  - land  - water	46.27  km 2 31.5 km 2 14.77 km 2
CBS code	0530
Residents	40,052 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	866 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 50 ′  N , 4 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′  N , 4 ° 8 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0181
Postcodes	3221-3225
Website	Homepage of Hellevoetsluis

Hellevoetsluis ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality on Voorne-Putten in the Dutch province of South Holland .

history

The fortress port of Hellevoetsluis

lighthouse

In order to strengthen the war and trading port, the Hellevoetsluis weir system was built for the Admiralty of Rotterdam at the beginning of the 17th century . The small town was the largest naval port of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands at the time and maintained an important position as a port until the 19th century. It then began to deteriorate, increasing in the 1930s as the naval port was abandoned. (The navy moved to Den Helder .) After the devastation caused by the Second World War, reconstruction began quickly. Since then, the city has grown rapidly again. A lot of people who work in Rotterdam or in Europoort live in Hellevoetsluis .

Annual festival

Fortress days in August

Districts

Hellevoetsluis, Nieuwenhoorn and Nieuw-Helvoet

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

44.2

22.3

12.5

9.8

7.1

4.0

IBH

VVD

CDA

GL

PvdA

D66

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+0.7

+2.7

+2.9

+2.0

-3.9

-4.4

IBH

VVD

CDA

GL

PvdA

D66

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
Inwonersbelang Hellevoetsluis	7th	8th	11	12
VVD	6th	7th	5	6th
CDA	2	2	2	3
GroenLinks	3	2	2	2
PvdA	8th	3	3	1
D66	0	1	2	1
Lijst van Balen	1	1	-	-
SP	-	1	-	-
total	27	25th	25th	25th

mayor

Milène Junius ( CDA ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since September 17, 2015 . Her colleagues include the alderman Margriet den Brok-Swakhoven ( Inwonersbelang Hellevoetsluis ), Aart-Jan Spoon ( VVD ), Hans van der Velde (CDA), Peter Schop (Inwonersbelang Hellevoetsluis) and the municipal secretary Jan Simons .

Born in the church

• Ben van Eysselsteijn (1898–1973), journalist and writer
• Harke de Roos (* 1942), conductor, pianist and music researcher

Web links

Commons : Hellevoetsluis  - 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. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 1, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 1, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Junius nieuwe burgemeester Hellevoetsluis. In: De Telegraaf . Telegraaf Media Groep, June 24, 2015, accessed June 1, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ Samenstelling College van B&W Gemeente Hellevoetsluis, accessed on June 1, 2018 (Dutch)