Mijdrecht
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
-Flag.svg){kind=small} Utrecht
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| local community |
 De Ronde Veins
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| Residents | 16,025 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 12 ′ N , 4 ° 52 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
 
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| prefix | 0297 |
| Postcodes | 1094, 1105, 1188, 1328, 1411, 1422, 1426-1427, 1438, 2596, 3471, 3640-3643 |
Mijdrecht is a former municipality and now the largest town in the current municipality of De Ronde Venen in the Dutch province of Utrecht . The village is located a little south of the busy provincial road N201, about halfway between Uithoorn and Vinkeveen . Mijdrecht borders the village of Wilnis and has 16,025 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). In 2005 a new residential area was added, Wickelhof II. In 2006, Wickelhof III was built. Mijdrecht has a college (VeenLanden College), a kind of grammar school with a secondary school.
Sports
The football club Argon is a very successful club that plays in the highest amateur class. In addition to Argon, Mijdrecht also has a club for korfball (Atlantis) and a hockey club HVM.
Born in Mijdrecht
- Theodoor Jansson ab Almeloveen (1657–1712), doctor and member of the academy of scholars " Leopoldina "
- Werenfried van Straaten (January 17, 1913 - January 31, 2003), founder of the “Ostiesterhilfe”
- Theo Hoogstraaten (born July 9, 1948), children's book author
- Beppie Melissen (born 1951), actress
- Mariska van Kolck (born November 29, 1963), TV speaker and actress
- Isabelle van Keulen (* 1966), violinist and violist
- Dennis van Scheppingen (* 1975), tennis player
- Anouk Hoogendijk (* 1985), international women's soccer player
- Lesly de Sa (* 1993), Dutch-Angolan football player
- Lorena Wiebes (* 1999), cyclist
- Jennifer Evans-van der Harten (born February 20, 1980 ), singer-songwriter and harpist
Web links
Commons : Mijdrecht - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 2, 2018 (Dutch)