Oldambt (Municipality)

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Oldambt municipality
Flag of the municipality of Oldambt
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Oldambt
coat of arms
province Groningen Groningen
mayor Cora-Yfke Sikkema ( GroenLinks )
Seat of the municipality Winschoten
Area
 - land
 - water 		295.96  km 2
226.73 km 2
69.23 km 2
CBS code 1895
Residents 38,124 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 129 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 53 ° 9 '  N , 7 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 9 '  N , 7 ° 2'  E
Important traffic route A7 E22 N362 N367 N964 N966 N967 N972 N985
prefix 0596, 0597, 0598
Postcodes 9671-9675, 9677-9679, 9681-9682, 9684-9688, 9691, 9693, 9942-9944
Website Homepage of Oldambt
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Map of the municipality of Oldambt
Marktpleinkerk Winschoten and tower 'Ol witte'

Oldambt is a municipality in the east of the Dutch province of Groningen . It was created on January 1, 2010 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Reiderland , Scheemda and Winschoten . It has 38,124 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). The residents themselves chose the name, which comes from the region of the same name .

Community structure

The municipality consists of the following districts:

  • Blauwestad (settlement only in 2007)
  • Reiderland with Bad Nieuweschans, Beerta, Drieborg, Finsterwolde and Nieuw-Beerta
  • Scheemda with Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuw Scheemda, Nieuwolda, Oostwold and Westerlee
  • Winschoten

Neighboring communities, Oldambt as a border community

Neighboring municipalities in the province of Groningen are, starting in the south and clockwise: Bellingwedde , Pekela , Menterwolde , Slochteren and Delfzijl . In the northeast follows the Dollart , and in the east the neighboring municipality of Bunde in Lower Saxony. Emden am Dollart is opposite Oldambt .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
20th
10
0
14.7
13.0
12.9
11.9
10.4
9.7
8.3
6.3
6.2
6.7
VCP
GBO
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+1.3
-5.6
+3.8
-4.1
+10.4
-0.1
-3.1
-1.6
+0.9
-1.8
VCP
GBO
Otherwise.

The municipal council consists of 25 members. It has been formed as follows since 2009:

Political party Seats
2009 2014 2018
PvdA 7th 4th 4th
SP 3 5 4th
VVD 3 2 3
Verenigde Communist Partij 2 4th 3
Gemeentebelangen Oldambt - - 3
Partij voor het Noorden 1 3 3
CDA 4th 3 2
D66 2 2 1
ChristenUnie 1 1 1
Oldambt Aktief 0 1 1
GroenLinks 2 0 -
total 25th 25th 25th

mayor

Cora-Yfke Sikkema (GroenLinks) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since January 29, 2019 . To their college include the Assistant Secretary Laura Broekhuizen-Smit (PvdA), Bard Boon (Party for the North), Erich Wünker (VVD), Kees Swagerman (SP) and the municipal secretary Herman Groothuis.

Pronunciation of the community name

The municipality was the first in the Netherlands to receive a name in the dialect used in the province of Groningen . Oldambt means Oud Ambt in Dutch , "Old Office" in German.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nieuwe burgemeester in Oldambt. In: gemeente-oldambt.nl. Gemeente Oldambt, November 26, 2018, accessed January 31, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 28, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2009 2014 2018 , accessed on June 28, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Samenstelling college Gemeente Oldambt, accessed June 28, 2018 (Dutch)