Valkenburg (South Holland)
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local community |
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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 |
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prefix | 071 |
Postcodes | 2221, 2223, 2231, 2235, 2331, 2342 |
Location of Valkenburg in the municipality of Katwijk |
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 | |||
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)