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Municipality of Urk
Flag of the municipality of Urk
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Coat of arms of the municipality of Urk
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province Flevoland Flevoland
mayor Ineke Bakker ( VVD ; acting)
Seat of the municipality Document
Area
 - land
 - water
109.91  km 2
11.51 km 2
98.4 km 2
CBS code 0184
Residents 20,791 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 189 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 36 ′  E
Important traffic route N351 N352 N712
prefix 0527
Postcodes 8321-8322
Website Homepage of Urk
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Urk ( listen ? / I ) is a former island. It is the oldest and smallest municipality in the Dutch province of Flevoland with 20,791 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). The total area of ​​the municipality is 109.91 km² (11.51 km² land, 98.4 km² part of the IJsselmeer ). Urk is located on the west side of the Noordoostpolder , on the IJsselmeer coast. The main sources of income have always been fishing , particularly in the North Sea , and the fish processing industry. Audio file / audio sample

Sights and character

The old fishing village Urk has a well-preserved, compact center with an old fishing port , a local museum in the old town hall and many old houses. The strictly religious, Reformed population still clings to various traditions. The traditional costumes are hardly worn any more. Singing is popular: Urk has several well-known male choirs . Because of their piety, many Urk people donate a lot of money to charitable causes (including help to peoples in Africa ). Urk spends more per capita on charity than any other place in Western Europe. At the same time, there is a high level of organized crime on Urk. Especially in the areas of drug smuggling, money laundering and illegal work, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior called the community a "hotbed".

Population and dialect

The shape of the population pyramid (as of 2007) is unusual for industrialized countries because of the lack of an aging population.

Urk has the highest birth rate in the Netherlands with 3.23 children per woman. The population developed dynamically and is growing constantly at a rate of 1.53% per year.

97.7% of Urker are members of a Christian church (almost exclusively Reformed churches). An average of 93.8% of adults attend church services every Sunday (as of 2010/2013).

The oldest dialect in the province is spoken in Urk : the Urkers . Urkers is a transitional dialect between Lower Saxony and Lower Franconia . Due to the predominantly Lower Saxon language features, which can be traced back to the long membership of the former island in the Overijssel rulership , this dialect is still assigned to Lower Saxony, more precisely to the dialect of Gelderland-Overijssel . Urkers is the only dialect in the province that can be assigned to Lower Saxony.

history

Urk was first mentioned in a document in 966. At that time half of it was donated to the St. Pantaleon Monastery in Cologne . The island, which is always threatened by the loss of land on the west side, belonged to various members of the Van de Werve family until 1660 and until 1792 as an ambassador of the city of Amsterdam , which invested in dykes and the port, among other things. After that, the municipality of Urk belonged to the province of Noord-Holland .

Dr. In the summer of 1852, Pieter Harting from the University of Utrecht undertook a study and survey of the country for several weeks. During his inspections in the hallway, he found a previously unknown grave field with Celtic burials and was able to recover 25 skulls for further investigation. The then landowner, Baron van Lijnden van Hemmen , had already uncovered human skeletal remains on the adjoining parcel of Wageningscher Berg during road construction in 1845 , but reported no discovery. For the Wageningscher Berg parcel, Harting was also able to determine that an early Christian chapel ( Christian temple ) once stood on the top of the hill . In 1939 the dike from Lemmer to Urk was completed. In 1942 the Noordoostpolder was finally drained as part of the Zuiderzeewerke , making Urk part of the mainland. In 1950 the municipality of Urk was reclassified from North Holland to the province of Overijssel . Finally, it was incorporated into the newly established province of Flevoland on January 1, 1986. Since Urk is a former island, the preposition "auf" is used for Urk. So you live “on Urk” and not “in Urk”.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
22.2
20.3
19.7
17.1
8.8
8.1
3.8
HvU
GB
Otherwise. G
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-2.0
+1.1
+2.6
-8.4
+0.2
+8.1
-1.7
HvU
GB
Otherwise. G
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Remarks:
g UGP 3.8% (+3.8%), BvU 0.0% (–2.8%), VVD 0.0% (–2.7%)

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
ChristenUnie - - - - - 5 6th 4th 4th 5
CDA 5 3 4th 4th 4th 5 4th 4th 3 4th
Hart voor Urk - - - - - - - 4th 3 4th
SGP 4th 4th 4th 5 4th 5 5 3 5 3
Community concerns a b - - - - - 2 2 2 2 2
PVV - - - - - - - - - 1
Urker Gereformeerde Partij - - - - - - - - - 0
Beter voor Urk - - - - - - - - 0 -
VVD - - - - - - - - 0 -
Urk People's Party - - - 1 1 0 - - - -
RPF 2 2 2 2 3 - - - - -
Gemeentebelangen Urk 1 2 2 1 2 - - - - -
GPV 1 1 1 1 2 - - - - -
Christelijk Historically '85 - 2 1 1 1 - - - - -
Politieke Partij on the right 2 1 1 0 - - - - - -
total 15th 15th 15th 15th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 19th
Remarks
a The Gemeentebelangen party was called “Unie Gemeentebelangen” up to and including 2014.
b The (Unie) Gemeentebelangen emerged from the merger of the parties Christelijk Historisch '85 and Gemeentebelangen Urk.

Mayor and alderman

Between 2018 and 2022, the Assistant be of the College of the coalition parties ChristianUnion , hard voor Urk and SGP provided. The following people belong to the college:

function Surname Political party annotation
Mayoress Ineke Bakker VVD acting; in office since September 19, 2019
Alderman Gerrit Post jr. Hart voor Urk -
Geert Post SGP -
Freek Brouwer ChristenUnie -
Community Secretary Herman Zwart - in office since September 2018

Trivia

In 1988 a Mars crater with a diameter of 2.8 km was named after the city of Urk

Born on Urk

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b Ineke Bakker wordt warnemend burgemeester Urk. In: omroepflevoland.nl. Omroep Flevoland, September 4, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. Former island of Urk is a hotbed of crime, says government agency, July 25, 2019 (English) . DutchNews.nl.
  4. Kerkelijkheid en kerkbezoek, 2010/2013 (Dutch) . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek.
  5. ^ Pieter Harting: Het eiland Urk, zijn bodem, voortbrengselen en bewoners. Utrecht 1853. 76 pp.
  6. Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed September 25, 2018 (Dutch)
  7. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on September 25, 2018 (Dutch)
  8. coalition agreement 2018–2022. (PDF; 4.5 MB) In: urk.nl. Gemeente Urk, accessed September 25, 2018 (Dutch).
  9. Samenstelling Gemeente Urk, accessed on September 25, 2018 (Dutch)