Smilde
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Drenthe
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| local community |
 Midden-Drenthe
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Area - land - water |
22.96 km 2 22.64 km 2 0.32 km 2 |
| Residents | 4,520 (Jan 1, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 57 ′ N , 6 ° 27 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 0592 |
| Postcodes | 8426, 9414, 9416, 9421-9423 |
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Smilde is a village and a former municipality in the Netherlands in the province of Drenthe , 30 kilometers south of Groningen and 9 kilometers south of Assen .
Smilde consists of the places Bovensmilde, Smilde, Hijkersmilde and Hoogersmilde. The community is located on the connecting canal, built in 1765, south-south-west of Assen . It has belonged to the administrative district of Midden-Drenthe since the municipal reform in 1998 .
There has been a transmission tower for the Dutch radio station near Smilde since 1958 . After a fire, the guyed transmission mast broke through on July 15, 2011 in the middle and collapsed.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1982:
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | |
| CDA | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PvdA | 4th | 5 | 4th | 3 |
| Community affairs Smilde | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| GroenLinks | - | - | - | 1 |
| GPV | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Born in Smilde
- Carry van Bruggen (1881–1932), writer, sister of Jacob Israël de Haan.
- Jacob Israël de Haan (1881–1924), writer, brother of Carry van Bruggen.
- Reint Dijkema (1920–1944), resistance fighter.
Web links
Commons : Smilde - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on September 15, 2018 (Dutch)
- ^ Netherlands: Super Gau for terrestrial radio and TV coverage
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on September 15, 2018 (Dutch)