Het Hogeland

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Het Hogeland municipality
Flag of the municipality of Het Hogeland
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Coat of arms of the municipality of Het Hogeland
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province Groningen Groningen
mayor Henk Jan Bolding ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality Winsum
Area
 - land
 - water
907.71  km 2
482.82 km 2
424.89 km 2
CBS code 1966
Residents 49,479 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 55 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 53 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 31 ′  E
Important traffic route N33 N46 N361 N363 N388
prefix 050, 0595, 0596
Postcodes 9771, 9773-9774, 9781, 9784-9785, 9822, 9883, 9891-9893, 9925, 9951, 9953-9957, 9959, 9961-9969, 9971-9979, 9981-9986, 9988-9989, 9995-9999
Website Homepage of Het Hogeland
For orientation: location of the De Marne municipality in the province of Groningen
For orientation: location of the De Marne municipality in the province of GroningenTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / picture 1

Het Hogeland ( Gronings ' t Hoogelaand ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen . It emerged on January 1, 2019 from the municipalities of Bedum , Eemsmond , De Marne and Winsum (apart from the villages of Ezinge, Feerwerd and Garnwerd, which became part of Westerkwartier ).

geography

Het Hogeland, which at around 908 km² is the largest municipality in the Netherlands in terms of area, is located in the northeast of the Netherlands. The municipality is surrounded in the north by the North Sea , in the east by the Ems and in the west by the province of Friesland . Het Hogeland is located in the Hogeland , from where the municipality got its name. It extends at a height between -4 and 2 m NAP .

Neighboring communities

Schiermonnikoog Borkum (Germany)
Noardeast-Fryslân Neighboring communities Krummhörn (Germany)
Zuidhorn Groningen Delfzijl
Loppersum

politics

Municipal council

Local election on November 21, 2018
Turnout: 52.22%
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18.5
14.7
14.4
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Remarks:
a GemeenteBelangen Het Hogeland
i Hogeland Lokaal Centraal

The first local election in the history of the municipality took place on November 21, 2018. In addition to the governing parties CDA , ChristenUnie , D66 and VVD , the opposition parties GroenLinks , PvdA and SP as well as the local parties GemeenteBelangen Het Hogeland and Hogeland Lokaal Centraal were available for election. The new municipal council has space for 29 councilors, who are to be used by the various parliamentary groups as follows:

Political party Seats 2018
GemeenteBelangen Het Hogeland 8th
CDA 6th
ChristenUnie 4th
PvdA 4th
GroenLinks 3
SP 2
VVD 2
total 29

College van B&W

For the legislative period from 2019 to 2022, the parties CDA , ChristenUnie , GemeenteBelangen Het Hogeland and PvdA have formed a coalition. The coalition parties are each represented by an alderman in the College van burgemeester en wethouders , which was appointed on January 2, 2019. The following people belong to the college and lead the following departments:

function Surname Political party Department annotation
mayor Henk Jan Bolding CDA public order and security, personnel and organization, facility management, information technology, services, communication, enforcement, natural gas extraction dossier, integral cooperation / administrative relationships in office since January 29, 2020
Alderman Eltjo Dijkhuis GemeenteBelangen Het Hogeland Finance, spatial planning, licensing and monitoring, ports, economics, transport and traffic, art and culture, genetic material -
Kristel Rutgers CDA Education, youth welfare, youth policy, climate policy and the energy transition, natural gas production dossier -
Harmannus Blok ChristenUnie Recreation and tourism, agriculture, fishing and nature, administration and maintenance, municipal real estate, the environment and the circular economy (garbage, water, sewerage), sport, environmental law -
Mariette de Visser PvdA Social assistance law, care and welfare, public health, participation (including the labor market), public transport, housing and housing, coordinating department head for inclusion -
Community Secretary Paul van Vilsteren - - in office since March 15, 2018

mayor

The mayors of the four municipalities remained in office until January 1, 2019. Since then, Henk Jan Bolding took over the office of mayor of the municipality of Het Hogeland provisionally. His official appointment took place on January 29, 2020.

Parish seat

The municipal administration as well as the college are located in Winsum, while the municipal council takes its place in the council chamber in Uithuizen.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Nieuwe burgemeester in Borne. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, January 22, 2020, accessed January 30, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. Topographical map. In: nl-nl.topographic-map.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018 (Dutch).
  4. a b Definitieve Verkiezingsuitslag gemeente Het Hogeland. In: hethogeland.nl. Gemeente Het Hogeland, accessed November 23, 2018 (Dutch).
  5. Herindelingen. In: kiesraad.nl. Kiesraad , accessed November 19, 2018 (Dutch).
  6. Gea Meulema: Gemeentebelangen aan het roer in Het Hogeland. In: Dagblad van het Noorden . Hazewinkel Pers BV, November 22, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018 (Dutch).
  7. Op withered partijen kan ik stem. In: hethogeland.nl. Gemeente Het Hogeland, accessed November 19, 2018 (Dutch).
  8. a b Winsum is bestuurscentrum van Het Hogeland. In: rtvnoord.nl. RTV Noord , February 21, 2018, accessed on November 19, 2018 (Dutch).
  9. Everything over het college. In: raadhethogeland.nl. Gemeente Het Hogeland, accessed January 2, 2019 (Dutch).
  10. Jeroen Berkenbosch: Nieuwe gemeentesecretaris voor Het Hogeland. In: rtvnoord.nl. RTV Noord , February 20, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2019 (Dutch).
  11. Nieuw gemeentebestuur. In: bmwe-gemeenten.nl. Programmabureau Herindeling BMWE-gemeenten, accessed on November 19, 2018 (Dutch).
  12. Gea Meulema: Provincieman Henk Jan. Bolding waarnemend burgemeester Het Hogeland. In: Dagblad van het Noorden . Hazewinkel Pers BV, December 11, 2018, accessed December 22, 2018 (Dutch).

Web links

Commons : Het Hogeland  - collection of images, videos and audio files