Swalms

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Swalms
Flag of Swalmen
flag 		Coat of arms of the village of Swalmen
coat of arms
province Limburg Limburg
local community Flag of the municipality of Roermond Roermond
Area
 - land
 - water 		21.96  km 2
21.52 km 2
0.44 km 2
Residents 8,660 (Jan 1, 2018)
Coordinates 51 ° 14 ′  N , 6 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′  N , 6 ° 2 ′  E
Important traffic route A73 N280
prefix 0475
Postcodes 6041-6042, 6071
Location of Swalmen in the municipality of Roermond
Location of Swalmen in the municipality of RoermondTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map

Swalmen ( listen ? / I ; Limburgish Zjwame ; pronounced "Schwame" with soft "sch") is a district of Roermond in the Dutch province of Limburg . Swalmen lies between the Maas and the German border that runs parallel to it; the German neighboring city is Brüggen . Audio file / audio sample

The village Swalmen is named after the river Schwalm ( Dutch Swalm ), which, coming from Germany, flows into the Meuse in Swalmen area.

history

The place was mentioned in documents in the Middle Ages, in the 11th and 12th centuries as Sualmo , around 1200 as Sualmum and 1239 as Swalmene . Hillenraad Castle is located in the municipality where the Roermond Bishop Philipp Damian von Hoensbroech resided from 1775 to 1793 .

Hillenraad Castle
Louse

At the beginning of 2007, the municipality of Swalmen was incorporated into the neighboring town of Roermond . It had 8,790 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2006) and covered an area of ​​24.32 km² (of which 1.99 km² was water). In addition to the center of Swalmen (approx. 7,710 inhabitants), the community consisted of the villages Asselt (approx. 180 inhabitants) and Boukoul (approx. 970 inhabitants).

The incorporation was vehemently rejected by the great majority of Swalmen. It was feared that the incorporated population would be disadvantaged in the future by the decision-making bodies of the city, which is much larger with around 45,000 inhabitants.

In the Netherlands, it is not the municipalities themselves who decide on municipal reforms, but the “Eerste Kamer” of the Dutch parliament. The merger was passed in September 2006 by 35 against 34 senators with a majority of one vote, six senators were absent.

The decision made was commented on with humor by Swalmen: At the beginning of 2007, at the entrance to Roermond from the direction of Swalmen, there was an official-looking place-name sign with the name "Swalmen-Süd" for a long time.

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 1998 2002
CDA 5 5 7th 4th 5 4th
Democrats Swalmen - - - 4th 3 4th
VVD - 1 1 2 2 3
PvdA - 3 5 3 3 2
Progressive Swalmen 3
Swalmer Signaal a 2 2 - - - -
Boukoul b 2 2 - - - -
Lijst notes c 1 - - - - -
Lijst Boerma 0 - - - - -
Lijst Kessels 0 - - - - -
Lijst Delissen 0 - - - - -
total 13 13 13 13 13 13
a In 1982 the party Swalmer Signaal ran as "Fractie Schreinemacher".
b The local party Boukoul took part in the local council elections in 1982 as "Lijst Rutten" in the elections.
cLijst Noten went up in 1986 as a VVD fraction.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 25, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on 25 August 2018 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2004–2008 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 25, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on August 25, 2018 (Dutch)