Lichtenvoorde

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Lichtenvoorde
Flag of the place Lichtenvoorde
flag 		Coat of arms of the place Lichtenvoorde
coat of arms
province Gelderland Gelderland
local community Flag of the municipality of Oost Gelre Oost Gelre
Area
 - land
 - water 		11.49  km 2
11.49 km 2
0 km 2
Residents 13,015 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 51 ° 59 ′  N , 6 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′  N , 6 ° 34 ′  E
Important traffic route N18 N312 N313
prefix 0544
Postcodes 2741, 2914, 5464, 7021, 7101, 7121-7122, 7131
Website Homepage of Lichtenvoorde
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Lichtenvoorde
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Lichtenvoorde is a village in the Dutch municipality of Oost Gelre in the province of Gelderland . Until January 1, 2005 Lichtenvoorde was an independent municipality. The Zwarte Cross Festival has been taking place in Lichtenvoorde since 2006 , with 152,000 visitors the largest motocross event in Western Europe and one of the largest music festivals in the Netherlands.

From September 18, 1971 to December 31, 1981 there was a community partnership between the community of Lichtenvoorde and the German community of Büttgen , where a street is still named after the community of Lichtenvoorde.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1990:

Political party Seats
1990 1994 1998 2002
CDA 10 8th 8th 7th
Community concerns 4th 5 4th 5
VVD 1 2 2 3
PvdA 2 2 3 2
D66 - - - 0
total 17th 17th 17th 17th

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on 19 July 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ^ History of Lichtenvoorder Strasse in Büttgen
  3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on July 19, 2018 (Dutch)