Hoogeveen

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Hoogeveen municipality
Flag of the municipality of Hoogeveen
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Hoogeveen
coat of arms
province Drenthe Drenthe
mayor Karel Loohuis ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality Hoogeveen
Area
 - land
 - water 		129.25  km 2
127.52 km 2
1.73 km 2
CBS code 0118
Residents 55,699 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 431 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 44 ′  N , 6 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′  N , 6 ° 29 ′  E
Important traffic route A28 E232 A37 E233 N48 N374 N375
prefix 0528
Postcodes 7901-7919, 7911-7916, 7918, 7926, 7931, 7933-7934, 7936
Website Homepage of Hoogeveen
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Hoogeveen ( listen ? / I ) ( Lower Saxon 't Ogeveine,' t Ho (o) geveine, 't Oveine ) is a municipality in the south of the Dutch province of Drenthe with 55,699 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). Audio file / audio sample

City structure

The municipality of Hoogeveen consists of the core city and twelve other districts (wijken) . The seat of the municipality is in Hoogeveen.

district Residents district Residents
Hoogeveen 25,320 Nieuweroord 950
De willow 14.210 Industrial and scattered areas 730
Hollandscheveld 04,435 Tiendeveen 655
Elim 02,355 Stuifzand 600
Noordscheschut 02.115 Nieuw Moscou 590
Pesse 01,830 Fluitenberg 505
Nieuwlande 01,370

politics

Municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
25.0
21.3
11.4
10.7
9.0
8.5
6.2
5.0
3.0
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+3.6
-4.2
+1.9
+0.9
-3.4
-3.3
+1.4
+1.9
+1.2
Hoogeveen municipality
town hall
Church: de Hoofdstraatkerk
House with the pigeon holes

After the elections from 1994 to 2018, the 31 seats of the municipal council were distributed among the individual parties and groups as follows:

Political party Seats
1994 1997 a 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Gemeentebelangen Hoogeveen eo 02 03 04th 03 05 07th 08th
CDA 10 11 11 08th 09 08th 07th
VVD 03 03 03 05 05 03 04th
ChristenUnie - - 03 04th 03 03 03
SP - - - - 01 04th 03
PvdA 07th 08th 06th 10 06th 04th 02
D66 03 01 01 00 01 01 02
GroenLinks 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
SGP 02 00 00 00 00 00 01
RPF 02 - - - - -
Pro Hoogeveen - - - 00 - - -
Liberaal Hoogeveen - - - 00 - - -
Hoogeveen Lokaal - - - 00 - - -
Leefbaar Hoogeveen - - 2 - - - -
GPV 01 02 - - - - -
total 29 31 31 31 31 31 31
Remarks
a Due to the incorporation of parts of the dissolved communities of Beilen, Oosterhesselen, Ruins and Zuidwolde into Hoogeveen on January 1, 1998, the municipal council elections took place in 1997.

Mayor and alderman

In the period from 2018 to 2022, the coalition will consist of the parties CDA , ChristenUnie and Gemeentebelangen Hoogeveen eo, Gemeentebelangen Hoogeveen eo will contribute two councilors to the college , while the CDA and the ChristenUnie will each have one delegate. The college was appointed during a council meeting on May 14, 2018. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:

function Surname Political party Department annotation
Mayoress Karel Loohuis PvdA Safe Hoogeveen, visible and transparent administration; Managing directors in office since February 15, 2011
Alderman Jan Steenbergen Gemeentebelangen Hoogeveen eo Working at work; Service, finance, basic policy, real estate and accommodation policy; Project: city center first deputy mayor
Erik Giethoorn CDA lovely living, sparkling Hoogeveen, powerful districts and villages; Projects: cultural center, environmental law second deputy mayor
Gert Vos ChristenUnie Participation and talent development, sustainable Hoogeveen; Project: energy transition third deputy mayor
Erwin Slomp Gemeentebelangen Hoogeveen eo safe accessibility, healthy and vital; Enforcement; Project: Bentinckspark and realization of an artificial ice rink and a swimming pool fourth deputy mayor
Community Secretary Nanne Kramer - official head of the staff of the community, first official advisor to the college in office since November 2016

economy

Hoogeveen is the seat of the Drents-Overijsselse Coöperatie ( DOC Kaas ), the second largest cheese producer in the Netherlands.

Industry

The story is about the same as that of Emmen : After 1960, the place developed from a small village into an industrial city and regional center. Many small and medium-sized industrial companies from various sectors are located here.

traffic

Hoogeveen is on the Groningen - Zwolle - Amersfoort - Utrecht / Amsterdam railway line and on the motorway between the same cities. In the northeast of the city is the Hoogeveen airfield , which at 1,200 m has the longest grass runway in the Netherlands.

The following bus routes operate in and around Hoogeveen:

  • 27: Hoogeveen - Noordscheschut - Oosterhesselen - Emmen
  • 31: Hoogeveen - Zuidwolde - Balkbrug - Dedemsvaart / Ommen
  • 33: Hoogeveen - Noordscheschut - Hollandscheveld - Elim - Nieuwlande - Coevorden
  • 35: Hoogeveen - Tiendeveen - Wijster - Dwingeloo - Diever
  • 37: Hoogeveen - Noordscheschut - Nieuweroord - Westerbork
  • 80: Hoogeveen - Nieuweroord - Slagharen - Hardenberg
  • 191: Hoogeveen - Alteveer - Drogteropslagen
  • 327: Hoogeveen - Emmen

Town twinning

The twin town of Hoogeveen is the town of Martin in Slovakia .

Sports

The city's most famous football clubs are VV Hoogeveen , who became the Dutch amateur Sunday football champion in 1978, and the HZVV . Both play their home games in Bentinckspark .

history

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Wijken en buurten in Hoogeveen [allecijfers.nl], accessed on March 2, 2019 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on September 14, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on September 14, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Hoogeveen heeft nieuw college. In: Hoogeveensche Courant. May 3, 2018, accessed September 14, 2018 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ De leden van het college Gemeente Hoogeveen, accessed on September 14, 2018 (Dutch)
  7. ↑ Karel Loohuis geïnstalleerd as burgemeester van Hoogeveen. In: Hoogeveensche Courant. February 16, 2011, accessed September 14, 2018 (Dutch).