Margraten
flag |
coat of arms |
province | Limburg |
local community | Eijsden-Margraten |
Area - land - water |
57.7 km 2 57.7 km 2 0 km 2 |
Residents | 13,375 (Dec. 31, 2010) |
Coordinates | 50 ° 49 ′ N , 5 ° 49 ′ E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 043 |
Postcodes | 6251, 6255, 6261-6262, 6265, 6267-6269, 6307 |
Margraten ( Dutch province of Limburg . On January 1, 2011, Margraten and Eijsden were merged to form the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten . The town of the same name had around 4,150 inhabitants on January 1, 2018.
) is a former municipality in theDistricts
- Banholt
- Bemelen
- Cadier en Keer
- Eckelrade
- Margraten (seat of the municipal administration)
- Mheer
- Noorbeek
- Shameful
- Sint Geertruid
There are also 13 smaller unofficial districts.
Location and economy
Margraten is located in the extreme south of Limburg. It borders the city of Maastricht to the west, Valkenburg aan de Geul to the north, Gulpen-Wittem to the east, Voeren in Belgium to the south and Eijsden to the south-west .
The Maastricht-Valkenburg and Maastricht - Vaals - Aachen ( N278 ) roads run through this municipality.
Agriculture, fruit growing, fruit tree cultivation and tourism are the main industries in the municipality. The Hub van Laar manufactory enjoys a supraregional reputation .
history
As early as 3150 BC BC flint was extracted here in a pit . The region on the Maastricht - Aachen military road was inhabited by farmers in Roman times. Most of the villages that are here today were created in the Middle Ages . Part of this area was acquired by a Cologne monastery in 1075 . According to the document, this monastery was called Sancta Maria ad gradus . Hence the name Margraten comes from. The municipality has only been part of the Netherlands since 1839.
During the Second World War , Margraten was one of the first communities in the Netherlands to be liberated by the Allies: on September 13, 1944, the American 1st Army captured it. On November 10, 1944, part of the community was designated as the only honorary cemetery of the US armed forces in the Netherlands. The remains of around 8,800 dead are currently on the 26 hectare facility. In 2005 the then President of the United States , George W. Bush , visited the Cemetery of Honor.
Attractions
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
- In Cadier en Keer there is an ethnographic museum about West Africa in a former monastery . It is Afrikacentrum and shows many ancestral portraits and other works of art of the western half of Africa south of the Sahara .
- The very picturesque tourist village of Noorbeek .
- The fruit tree blossom in April.
- The small forest "Savelsbos" with a special flora and the remains of the prehistoric flint pit.
- The hilly, varied landscape attracts many tourists, including many people interested in cycling . The annual professional cyclist road race Amstel Gold Race runs through the municipality.
- Many villages have restored old churches, chapels and wayside crosses.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the dissolution of the municipality, the following distribution of seats resulted from 1981:
Political party | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 a | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | |
CDA | 4th | 6th | 6th | 5 | 6th | 6th | 6th |
Samenwerkingsverband Margraten | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 3 | 4th | 5 |
VVD | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Fractie Gemeenschapsbelangen b | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
PvdA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
D66 | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
GroenLinks | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Local Democrats | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Lijst Habets c | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Franssen | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dorpsbelangen Banholt Mheer eo | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
For Uw Belangen van ons Heuvelland | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Blezer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Wyers | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Vroemen | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Brouwers / Schreurs | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 28, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 28, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1981–2002 2006 , accessed on July 28, 2018 (Dutch)