Veendam

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Veendam municipality
Veendam municipality flag
flag 		Veendam municipality coat of arms
coat of arms
province Groningen Groningen
mayor Sipke Swierstra ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Veendam
Area
 - land
 - water 		78.68  km 2
76 km 2
2.68 km 2
CBS code 0047
Residents 27,462 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 349 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 53 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 53'  E
Important traffic route N33 N366 N385 N963
prefix 0598
Postcodes 9631, 9641-9642, 9644-9646, 9648
Website Veendam homepage
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Veendam ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen . With a land area of ​​76 km² Veendam had a population of 27,462 on January 31, 2019. The municipality includes the main town Veendam and the neighboring village Wildervank. Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

Veendam, a former bog colony (see: Fehnsiedlungen ), is located about 20 km southeast of the provincial capital Groningen . The railway line to Zuidbroek , which has only been used for freight traffic since 1953 , has been used again for passenger traffic twice an hour with continuous trains to Groningen since May 1, 2011. A car road (not a motorway) connects the place with Assen and Hoogezand .

The headquarters of the AVEBE group are located in Veendam . This large company processes potatoes into a wide variety of products, including a. Potato starch . There are also many smaller factories and trading companies, mainly transport and logistics companies. Veendam is a regional shopping and supply center.

history

The place where Veendam is now was inhabited as early as the Neolithic . Like all the surrounding towns, Veendam was founded in the 17th century , between 1650 and 1655, as a settlement for peat cutters . In 1791 the corpse of Kibbelgaarn was discovered near Veendam .

The development was built along moor canals ( wijken ), which can still be seen in the present day townscape. In the 19th century Veendam was an important center of inland navigation . The surrounding lands are particularly suitable for growing industrial potatoes . This led to the founding of the potato flour and starch factory AVEBE. Between 1950 and 1980, this industry severely polluted the environment, particularly through water pollution. Then measures were taken to reduce the impact on the environment.

Veendam was the residence of Anthony Winkler Prins , who wrote the first encyclopedia in Dutch from 1866 to 1882 .

politics

Municipal council

Elections to the local council 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
29.0
18.6
14.7
9.8
7.5
7.3
4.7
4.4
4.0
GB
VUK
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+2.4
+1.3
-2.0
+0.6
-0.9
-0.3
-1.5
+0.1
+0.3
GB
VUK

After the municipal council elections since 2006, the seats in the municipal council have been distributed as follows:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
Gemeentebelangen Veendam 5 8th 6th 7th
PvdA 10 6th 4th 4th
SP - - 4th 3
Veuruutkiek (VUK) - 1 2 2
CDA 2 1 2 1
VVD 2 2 1 1
D66 - 2 1 1
GroenLinks 1 0 1
ChristenUnie 1 1 1 1
total 21st 21st 21st 21st

mayor

Since November 1, 2013 Sipke Swierstra ( VVD ) has been the provisional mayor of the municipality. His colleagues include the councilors Henk Jan Schmaal (Gemeentebelangen Veendam), Ans Grimbergen ( PvdA ), Bert Wierenga (VVD), Jaap Velema ( D66 ) and the community secretary Harry Coerts.

Town twinning

Veendam, Reformed Church
Langeleegte Stadium
Van Beresteyn Cultural Center

Attractions

  • The Veenkoloniaal Museum, with exhibitions on the history of the area and peat extraction, art and other temporary exhibitions, as well as a large collection of archaeological finds
  • The Borgerswold recreational area

Sports

Veendam was home to the football club SC Veendam , which played in the second Dutch league, the Jupiler League . Your former stadium, with the dialectic name De Langeleegte , (Dutch: "De long laagt". German: The long lowland , not literally: "the long void") has around 6500 seats. In the 2008/2009 season BV Veendam was penultimate in the second division. Game operations were suspended on April 2, 2013 for reasons of bankruptcy.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Nederlandse Spoorwegen: Traject number 45a ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / 45b ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Timetable 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ns.nl @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ns.nl
  3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 29, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 29, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Waarnemer Swierstra nieuwe burgemeester Veendam. In: Binnenlands Bestuur. Binnenlands Bestuur BV, November 1, 2013, accessed June 29, 2018 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ Samenstelling College van B&W Gemeente Veendam, accessed on June 29, 2018 (Dutch)
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Notice of bankruptcy @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sc-veendam.nl