Meppel

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Meppel municipality
Flag of the municipality of Meppel
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Meppel
coat of arms
province Drenthe Drenthe
mayor Richard Korteland ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Meppel
Area
 - land
 - water 		57.03  km 2
55.56 km 2
1.47 km 2
CBS code 0119
Residents 33,556 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 588 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 11 ′  E
Important traffic route A28 E232 A32 N371 N375 N851
prefix 0522
Postcodes 7941-7944, 7948-7949, 7965-7966
Website Homepage of Meppel
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Meppel ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Drenthe with 33,556 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). Audio file / audio sample

City structure

The municipality of Meppel comprises 14 districts (wijken) . The administration is located in the largest district of Meppel.

District Residents
Meppel Center 5,890
Oosterboer 7,335
Koedijkslanden 6,300
Haveltermade 4,060
Nijeveen 3,745
Berggierslanden 3,555
Nieuwveenselanden 775
Ezinge 685
Watertoren 390
Rogat 315
I promise the Meppel district 125
Industry Oevers 110
Industrieterrein Noord 60
Blankenstein 50

politics

Municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
23.9
19.5
17.0
10.0
8.7
8.1
6.7
6.1
SteM
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+1.9
+3.7
+4.6
-0.3
-1.7
-5.4
-3.8
+1.0
SteM

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1994 1997 a 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Sterk Meppel b - - - - 8th 7th 7th 6th 5 6th
VVD 4th 3 2 3 3 4th 3 5 4th 5
CDA 5 4th 4th 3 4th 4th 3 3 3 4th
ChristenUnie - - - - - 2 2 1 2 2
SP - 0 - - - - - - 2 2
PvdA 7th 7th 7th 5 5 6th 7th 5 4th 2
D66 0 - - 1 0 0 - 2 2 1
GroenLinks - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
RPF 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
GPV - - - - -
City Guard c 2 4th 5 6th - - - - - -
CPN 0 - - - - - - - - -
total 19th 19th 19th 19th 21st 23 23 23 23 23
Remarks
a Due to the incorporation of Nijeveen into Meppel on January 1, 1998, the municipal council elections took place in 1997.
b Sterk Meppel is an amalgamation of the local parties Stadswacht and Gemeentebelangen Nijeveen, which ran under the name "Stadswacht / Gemeentebelangen Nijeveen" in 1997.
c The City Guard dissolved in the 1997 municipal council elections into the Sterk Meppel party.

Mayor and alderman

The councilors of the college will be provided by the coalition parties CDA , Sterk Meppel and VVD in the period 2018–2022 . The following people belong to the college:

function Surname Political party annotation
mayor Richard Korteland VVD in office since September 1, 2016
Alderman Jaap van der Haar Sterk Meppel first deputy mayor
Roelof Pieter Koning VVD second deputy mayor
Henk ten Hulscher CDA third deputy mayor
Community Secretary Anita Vergouwe - provisionally in office since March 2018

Former mayor

economy

traffic

The city is a transport hub in the southwest of the province. From here there are connections to Arnhem , Groningen and Leeuwarden . The motorways to Groningen and Leeuwarden separate here. The Meppel Station is located on the Arnhem-Leeuwarden railway , from which the railway line Meppel-Groningen branches. This also applies to inland shipping. The Meppelerdiep , the Drentsche Hoofdvaart and the Hoogeveense Vaart in the direction of Zwartewaterland , Assen and Hoogeveen begin here . The Meppelerdiep is suitable for ships up to 2,000 tons.

Industry

The place flourished from around 1600 due to peat mining in Drenthe and the associated shipping and has since remained a not insignificant market town.

Today Meppel is a regional center with many smaller industrial and trading companies. There is also a large printing shop. The livestock and agriculture are also of great importance.

Universities of applied sciences

Further training

  • CSG Dingstede
  • RSG Stad en Esch
  • AOC Terra MBO
  • AOC Terra VBO
  • Drenthe College
  • Greijdanus College
  • Right school
  • Mackay School
  • Reestoeverschool
  • De Ambelt

Elementary schools

  • CBS Het Kompas
  • CBS De Akker
  • CBS Anne Frankschool
  • CBS Koningin Beatrixschool
  • Joh. Calvijnschool
  • OBS Koedijkslanden
  • OBS Oosterboerschool
  • OBS De Tolter
  • OBS De Woldstroom
  • OBS Zuiderschool
  • Mgr. Niermansschool
  • Vrije School

Attractions

In the city center, the church, with elements from the 15th and 16th centuries and a beautiful organ, is the biggest attraction.

  • Meppel, tower (de Meppeler toren) in the street

  • Meppel, mill (molen de Weert)

  • Meppel, molen De Vlijt

  • Meppel, water tower

  • Meppel, two drawbridges

  • Meppel, the ship of the Vereeniging III with two drawbridges

  • Nijeveen, church: de Nederlands Hervormde kerk

  • Nijeveen, mill: korenmolen de Sterrenburg

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Meppel  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Meppel in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ allecijfers.nl: Wijken en buurten in Meppel , accessed on 2. March 2019
  3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on September 14, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on September 14, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Leden van het college Gemeente Meppel, accessed on September 14, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Andries Ophof: Nieuwe burgemeester van Meppel op 1 september aan de slag. In: RTV Drenthe. June 30, 2016, accessed September 14, 2018 (Dutch).