Valkenburg (South Holland)

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Valkenburg
Flag of Valkenburg
flag
Valkenburg coat of arms
coat of arms
province South Holland South Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Katwijk Katwijk
Area
 - land
 - water
5.75  km 2
4.98 km 2
0.77 km 2
Residents 5,585 (Jan 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 26 ′  E
Important traffic route A4 N206
prefix 071
Postcodes 2221, 2223, 2231, 2235, 2331, 2342
Location of Valkenburg in the municipality of Katwijk
Location of Valkenburg in the municipality of KatwijkTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map

Valkenburg is a district of the municipality Katwijk in the Netherlands , province of South Holland . The place has 5,585 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and an area of ​​5.75 km², of which 0.77 km² consists of water.

On January 1, 2006, Valkenburg and Rijnsburg were merged to form the new municipality of Katwijk.

Valkenburg goes back to the Roman fort Praetorium Agrippinae , of which numerous excavations have been made.

The headquarters of the fishing group Parlevliet & Van der Plas is located in Valkenburg . In the south of Valkenburg there used to be an important military airfield of the Royal Navy , the Vliegkamp Valkenburg . The steam train trains on Lake Valkenburg ( Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer ) depart from the narrow-gauge railway museum.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Political party Seats
1990 1994 1998 2002
CDA 6th 4th 5 5
VVD 1 2 2 3
PvdA - 2 2 2
ChristenUnie - - - 1
GPV / RPF 2 3 2 -
PvdA / PPR 2 - - -
total 11 11 11 11

Web links

Commons : Valkenburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)