Province of North Holland
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North Holland Province of the Netherlands 
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| Basic data | |
| Capital | Haarlem |
| Biggest town | Amsterdam |
| ISO 3166-2 code | NL-NH |
| Website | www.noord-holland.nl |
| anthem | Ik houd van het groen in white |
| politics | |
| Royal Commissioner | Arthur van Dijk ( VVD ) |
| Ruling parties | GroenLinks , VVD , D66 and PvdA |
| population | |
| Residents | 2,855,734 ( 2nd of 12 ) |
| Country share | 16.5% of the Dutch |
| Population density | 1072 inhabitants per km² ( 2nd of 12 ) |
| Religion (2015, CBS ) | 16% - Roman Catholic 7% - Islam 4% - Protestant 3% - Dutch Reformed 2% - Reformed 6% - other 62% - none |
| geography | |
| surface | 4,091.93 km² |
| - country | 2,664.83 km² (4th of 12) |
| - Water | 1,427.10 km² |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 41 ′ N , 4 ° 57 ′ E |
| Administrative division | |
| Communities | 47 |
 Topography of the province of North Holland |
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Noord-Holland ( German North Holland , NH) is one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands . On January 31, 2019, Noord-Holland had 2,855,734 inhabitants on an area of 2671 km².
geography
Noord-Holland is a peninsula between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer . Over half of the area consists of drained areas ( polders ).
The island of Texel in the Wadden Sea also belongs to the province .
Regions
In Noord-Holland the following regions can be distinguished:
- West Friesland , the early Middle Ages Frisian region northeast of Alkmaar with the towns of Hoorn , Enkhuizen , Medemblik and Schagen ;
- Kennemerland , the Geestland behind the dunes between Haarlem and Alkmaar ;
- Waterland , the partly still water-rich and swampy region north of Amsterdam ;
- Het Gooi , the area with forests and heathland around Hilversum .
history
Archaeological finds show that Noord-Holland (NH) was already inhabited between 450 and 550 AD. In the vicinity of Bloemendaal pots, jugs and bowls from this time were found, which, according to the findings of archaeologists , were imported from the Rhineland . The excavations suggest that trade relations existed between Noord-Holland and the Rhineland in the 5th century .
For a long time Holland was a personal union ( Dutch personele unie ), consisting of the counties of Hainaut ( Dutch Henegouwen ) and Zeeland at the time of John II in 1299. During the Eighty Years War , the province of Holland played an important role in the resistance against the Spaniards. After the "Unie van Utrecht" ( Union of Utrecht , 1579), Noord-Holland became part of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces ( Republiek der zeven verenigde Provincien ). In 1807 Holland was redistributed into the Amstelland and Maasland areas, which remained until 1814.
In order to limit the dominance of the province of Holland in Dutch politics, it was divided into the provinces of North and South Holland when the constitution was amended in 1840 . It was not until 1848 that the provincial deputies ( Lid van de Provinciale Staten ) could be directly elected by the population through a change in the law . In 1919 women's suffrage was introduced.
politics
The provincial parliament ( Dutch Provinciale Staten ) has its seat in the Provinciehuis in the provincial capital Haarlem . According to the population in the province, the parliament has 55 seats.
In the provincial election on March 20, 2019, the parties obtained the following shares of the vote: FvD 15.33% (9 seats), GroenLinks 15.26% (9 seats), VVD 14.52% (9 seats), D66 9.94% ( 6 seats), PvdA 9.78% (6 seats), CDA 6.81% (4 seats), PvdD 6.07% (3 seats), PVV 5.60% (3 seats), SP 5.01% ( 3 seats), ChristenUnie 3.13% (1 seat), 50PLUS / PvdO 2.76% (1 seat), DENK 2.40% (1 seat), other 3.40%. The turnout was 56.34%.
The next provincial election will take place on March 22, 2023.
At the head of the province is the king's commissioner . Since January 2019 this has been the right- wing liberal Arthur van Dijk . The college van Gedeputeerde Staten , i.e. the government, has been formed by a coalition of Greens , right- wing liberals , left-wing liberals and social democrats since 2019 .
Communities
After regional reforms, there are still 47 municipalities in the province of Noord-Holland in 2019:
- Aalsmeer (31,728)
- Alkmaar (108,582)
- Amstelveen (90,965)
- Amsterdam (864,217)
- Beemster (9,748)
- Bergen (29,972)
- Beverwijk (41,138)
- Blaricum (11,187)
- Bloemendaal (23,402)
- Castricum (35,747)
- Den Helder (55,619)
- Diemen (29,202)
- Drechterland (19,609)
- Edam-Volendam (36,073)
- Enkhuizen (18,507)
- Gooise Meren (56,200)
- Haarlem (161,404)
- Haarlemmermeer (154,461)
- Heemskerk (39,152)
- Heemstede (27,284)
- Heerhugowaard (56,790)
- Heiloo (23,498)
- Hilversum (90,253)
- Hollands Kroon (47,844)
- Hoorn (73,080)
- Huizen (41,308)
- Koggenland (22,728)
- Landsmeer (11,485)
- Langedijk (27,991)
- Laren (11,207)
- Medemblik (44,829)
- Oostzaan (9,758)
- Opmeer (11,766)
- Ouder-Amstel (13,950)
- Purmerend (80,219)
- Schagen (46,574)
- Stede Broec (21,712)
- Texel (13,533)
- Uitgeest (13,557)
- Uithoorn (29,374)
- Velsen (68,401)
- Waterland (17,313)
- Weesp (19,336)
- Wijdemeren (24,059)
- Wormerland (16,323)
- Zaanstad (156,052)
- Zandvoort (16,995)
(Residents on January 31, 2019)
economy
In 2011, the regional gross domestic product per inhabitant, expressed in purchasing power standards , was 145.99% of the EU-28 average . In 2017 the unemployment rate was 4.5%.
- In 2013, the business parks covered 12,007 hectares.
- In 2014 there were 278,700 companies located in Noord-Holland, of which 6,010 in the agriculture and fisheries sector, 33,390 in the industry and construction sector, 168,180 in the commercial services sector and 71,120 in the non-commercial services sector.
- Tourism: There were a total of 170 museums in Noord-Holland in 2014.
literature
- Peter Mol: Van Bulderbos naar Ratteneiland . Stichting Uitgeverij Noord Holland, Wormerveer 2009, ISBN 978-90-78381-45-7 (on the preservation of nature and cultural history in Noord-Holland).
- E. van der Kleij: Architectuur en stedebouw Noord-Holland 1850-1940 . Uitgeverij Waanders, Zwolle u. a. 1993, ISBN 90-6630-364-6 ( Architectuur en stedebouw in 1850-1940 10).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Religieuze betrokkenheid; kerkelijke gezindte; regio. CBS , December 22, 2016, accessed November 19, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ a b Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ area and other information . Dutch, accessed September 1, 2015
- ^ Excavations in Bloemendaal . Dutch, accessed May 11, 2010
- ^ History of the Province of North Holland . Dutch, accessed May 11, 2010
- ↑ History of the Province of North Holland . Dutch, accessed May 11, 2010
- ↑ Provinciale Staten 20 March 2019. In: Verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. Kiesraad , accessed May 2, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ Provinciale Staten 18 March 2015. In: Verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. Kiesraad , accessed May 2, 2019 (Dutch).
- ^ GroenLinks, VVD, D66 en PvdA vormen coalitie in Noord-Holland. In: Het Parool . De Persgroep Nederland , June 7, 2019, accessed July 12, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ Eurostat yearbook of the regions 2014 ( Memento of the original of 6 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : ( Chapter 5: Economy ; PDF, 18 pages, approx. 2.0 MB) and ( Eurostat source data for Chapter 5: Economy ; XLS format, approx. 536 kB), ISBN 978-92-79-11695-7 , ISSN 1830-9690 (English)
- ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Facts and figures from North Holland . All information from www.noord-holland.nl, Dutch, accessed on September 1, 2015
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