Krimpen aan the IJssel

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Krimpen aan den IJssel municipality
Flag of the municipality of Krimpen aan den IJssel
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Krimpen aan den IJssel
coat of arms
province South Holland South Holland
mayor Martijn Vroom ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality Crimping
Area
 - land
 - water 		8.95  km 2
7.68 km 2
1.27 km 2
CBS code 0542
Residents 29,349 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 3279 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 55 '  N , 4 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '  N , 4 ° 36'  E
Important traffic route N210 N474
prefix 0180
Postcodes 2921-2926
Website Homepage of Krimpen aan den IJssel
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Krimpen aan den IJssel ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland and, according to the CBS, had 29,349 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 . Their total area is 8.95 km² and includes the large village of the same name and a few small towns. Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

Krimpen aan den IJssel is located about eight km east of Rotterdam in the Polder Krimpenerwaard, north of the municipality of Nederlek . The village owes its name to its location on a curve ( Dutch krimp ) on the Dutch Issel , at the confluence of this arm of the river with the Lek / Noord arm of the Rhine . A good road connects it to Rotterdam, where the nearest rail connection is.

The village is home to many commuters who work in Rotterdam and for that purpose it expanded a lot after about 1975. But Krimpen aan den IJssel also has a lot of business itself, including a. Ship repair yards, construction companies, metal processing factories, trading companies, etc. Agriculture in the hinterland is also important.

history

Around 1130 the settlement of Crempene was built on a bend in the river, which split into Krimpen aan the IJssel and Krimpen aan de Lek in 1277 . Around 1430, after the flood damage of 1421 had been repaired, a still existing polder administration (“Hoogheemradschap”) was brought into being by Philip the Good . In the 16th century people began to make bricks from the clay that was very suitable for this purpose. Hemp was also grown up to around 1800 : not as it is nowadays for drug use , but to make rope for sailing ships from the fibers in Reeperbahnen .

When the place was not spared by the storm surge of February 1, 1953, the first project of the Delta Works was a storm surge barrier in the Dutch IJssel. This structure was finished in 1958.

Attractions

There are some monumental farms along the IJsseldeich. One of them, Crimpenerhof (built in the 17th and 18th centuries) is set up as a local museum.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
21.7
21.6
21.2
8.1
7.4
7.1
5.3
3.9
3.8
SvK
LK
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+5.6
+1.9
+4.0
-2.2
-3.5
-0.2
-3.1
-2.9
+0.5
SvK
LK

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

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
Stem van Krimpen - 1 4th 5
SGP - 4th 4th 5
Leefbaar crimps 3 3 4th 5
VVD 3 4th 2 2
CDA 2 2 2 1
ChristenUnie - 2 2 1
PvdA 5 3 2 1
D66 0 1 1 1
GroenLinks 2 1 0 0
ChristenUnie / SGP 6th - - -
total 21st 21st 21st 21st

mayor

Martijn Vroom ( CDA ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since December 9, 2015 . His colleagues include the alderman Marco Oosterwijk ( SGP ), Jaap Blankenberg ( PvdA ), Arnold de Leeuw (CDA) and the municipal secretary Aart Boele .

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Krimpen aan den IJssel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Martijn Vroom nieuwe burgemeester Krimpen. In: AD . De Persgroep Nederland , October 6, 2015, accessed June 2, 2018 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Krimpen aan den IJssel, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)