Smallingerland

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Smallingerland parish
Flag of the Municipality of Smallingerland
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Smallingerland
coat of arms
province Fryslân Fryslân
mayor Jan Rijpstra ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Drachten
Area
 - land
 - water 		126.17  km 2
117.66 km 2
8.51 km 2
CBS code 0090
Residents 55,935 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 443 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 53 ° 6 ′  N , 6 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′  N , 6 ° 6 ′  E
height 1  m NAP
Important traffic route A7 E22 N31 N356 N358 N369
prefix 0512, 0566
Postcodes 8497, 9201-9207, 9211-9219, 9221-9223
Website Homepage of Smallingerland
Smallingerland location map municipality NL.png
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Smallingerland ( listen ? / I ) ( West Frisian Smellingerlân ) is a municipality in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It has 55,935 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). Audio file / audio sample

Surname; places

The name has a relationship with the water "Smalle Ee" and means something like: "Land by the narrow watercourse". The administrative seat is Drachten .

The other places in the municipality are: Boornbergum, De Tike, De Veenhoop, De Wilgen, Drachtstercompagnie, Goëngahuizen, Houtigehage, Kortehemmen, Nijega, Opeinde , Oudega (these two are each with about 1,700 inhabitants after Drachten {37,000 inhabitants} the main), Rottevalle and Smalle Ee.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
20th
10
0
19.3
13.2
12.9
11.4
9.1
7.8
7.1
6.6
6.5
6.1
ELP
SB
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+9.9
-2.2
-3.6
-6.3
+3.5
+0.8
-6.1
-0.3
+3.1
+1.1
ELP
SB
Otherwise.

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
Eérste Local Partij - - 3 7th
ChristenUnie 4th 4th 5 4th
CDA 7th 6th 5 4th
PvdA 11 7th 6th 4th
Smallingerland's concern 1 2 2 3
VVD 2 4th 2 2
SP 3 2 4th 2
D66 0 1 2 2
GroenLinks 1 2 1 2
FNP 1 2 1 1
Community concerns Smallingerland 1 1 - -
total 31 31 31 31

mayor

Jan Rijpstra ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since March 27, 2019 . His colleagues include the councilors Roel Haverkort (PvdA), Jos van der Horst (SP), Ron van der Leck (D66), Pieter van der Zwan (ChristenUnie), Jouke de Jong (ChristenUnie) and the community secretary Jelmer Mulder.

Town twinning

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Benoeming burgemeester Smallingerland. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, March 22, 2019, accessed March 27, 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 19, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 19, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ^ College van B en W Gemeente Smallingerland, accessed June 19, 2018 (Dutch)