Maasbree
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coat of arms |
province | Limburg |
local community | Peel en Maas |
Area - land - water |
1.7 km 2 1.7 km 2 0 km 2 |
Residents | 5,055 (Jan 1, 2018) |
Coordinates | 51 ° 21 ' N , 6 ° 3' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 077 |
Postcodes | 5916, 5927-5928, 5951, 5975, 5977, 5981, 5985, 5988, 5991, 5993 |
Maasbree ( Dutch province of Limburg . In addition to Maasbree, where the municipal administration was located, there is a second district with Baarlo. Both villages are about the same size. On January 1st 2010 Maasbree merged with Helden , Kessel and Meijel to form the new municipality Peel en Maas .
) is a place and a former municipality in theLocation and economy
Baarlo is located on the western bank of the Maas , only 6.5 kilometers south of the Blerick district of Venlo . Maasbree is about 4 km north-west of Baarlo (A73 Venlo- Eindhoven , exit 38 Helden, distance 7 km). The next train station is in Blerick. The Fietsallee cycle path on the North Canal runs through the village.
The population lives mainly from agriculture and horticulture.
history
Maasbree was first mentioned as Bree in 1240.
The name of the village Baarlo is said to be derived from bar = bare, uncultivated and lo = forest used by humans.
Both places belonged to the Duchy of Geldern from the late Middle Ages , and later, after the War of the Spanish Succession in 1702, until the Congress of Vienna in 1814 to the Kingdom of Prussia .
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1982:
Political party | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | |
CDA | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 6th | 6th |
PvdA | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
GroenLinks | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Democratic seedworking | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2 | 3 |
VVD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lokaal Aktief Maasbree Baarlo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Politieke Vereniging Maasbree-Baarlo a | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | - |
Progressive combination | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | - | - |
Lijst Hutjens | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Grubben | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 15, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 , accessed on August 15, 2018 (Dutch)