Molenwaard

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Molenwaard

flag	coat of arms
province	South Holland
local community	Molenlanden
Area  - land  - water	126.48  km 2 118.28 km 2 8.2 km 2
Residents	29,297 (Sep. 30, 2018)
Coordinates	51 ° 52 '  N , 4 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 52 '  N , 4 ° 47'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0184
Postcodes	2957, 2959, 2961, 2964-2965, 2967-2969, 2971, 2973-2975, 2977, 3366
Website	Homepage of Molenwaard

Molenwaard was a municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland that was created on January 1, 2013 from the merger of the municipalities of Graafstroom , Liesveld and Nieuw-Lekkerland and merged with Giessenlanden to form the new municipality of Molenlanden on January 1, 2019 .

politics

fusion

On January 1st, 2019, Molenwaard merged with Giessenlanden to form the new municipality of Molenlanden .

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2012

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.7

21.8

18.7

14.4

11.5

8.9

SGP

CDA

CU

PvdA

GBM

VVD

The local elections on November 21, 2012 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party	Seats
	2012
SGP	5
CDA	5
ChristenUnie	4th
PvdA	3
Community affairs Molenwaard	2
VVD	2
total

Due to the merger on January 1, 2019, the elections for the council of the new municipality of Molenlanden took place on November 21, 2018.

mayor

From the foundation of the congregation to the dissolution of the congregation, Dirk van der Borg ( CDA ) was initially in office as provisional mayor from September 4, 2013. His colleagues include the councilors Piet Vat ( SGP ), Frank Meerkerk (CDA), Kees Boender ( ChristenUnie ), Paul Verschoor ( PvdA ) and the community secretary Bas Nootenboom .

Political structure

The community was divided into the following districts:

No.	place	Residents
00	Nieuw-Lekkerland	9,270
01	Bleskensgraaf	2,910
02	Brandwijk	1,305
03	Goudriaan	920
04	Molenaarsgraaf	1,140
05	Ottoland	970
06	Oud-Alblas	2,180
07	Wijngaarden	685
08	Groot-Ammers	4,220
09	Langerak	1,715
10	Nieuwpoort	1,435
11	Streefkerk	2,480
local community		29,212

1. ↑ District number
2. ↑ (as of January 1, 2017)

Sons and daughters of the church

• Gerard Marius Kam (1836–1922), born in Oud-Alblas, entrepreneur , local politician , local researcher and collector, as well as founder of the former Rijksmuseum Kam in Nijmegen, named after him

Web links

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

• Website of the new municipality of Molenlanden (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed January 1, 2019 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Molenlanden nieuwe naam gemeenten Giessenlanden en Molenwaard. In: Het Kontakt Alblasserwaard. September 25, 2017, accessed May 30, 2018 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Result of the local elections , accessed on June 5, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Herindelingen Kiesraad , accessed on May 30, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ Dirk van der Borg voorbedagen as burgemeester van Molenwaard. In: Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters. Retrieved June 5, 2018 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ College en besluiten Molenwaard Gemeente Molenwaard, accessed June 5, 2018 (Dutch)
7. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 5, 2018 (Dutch)