Venray

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Venray municipality
Venray municipality flag
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Venray
coat of arms
province Limburg Limburg
mayor Luc Winants ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality Venray
Area
 - land
 - water 		165  km 2
163.32 km 2
1.68 km 2
CBS code 0984
Residents 43,332 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 263 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 32 '  N , 5 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '  N , 5 ° 58'  E
Important traffic route A73 N270 N277
prefix 0478
Postcodes 5801-5804, 5807-5809, 5811-5817, 5861-5863
Website Venray homepage
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Venray ( listen ? / I ) ( Limburgish Venroj ) is a municipality in the Netherlands , province of Limburg . Their total area is 165 km². The municipality has 43,332 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019), spread over the main town Venray (about 27,500 inhabitants) and 10 other villages. These include Ysselsteyn, Leunen, Oirlo and Oostrum, among others. Since January 1, 2010, the villages of Blitterswijck, Geijsteren and Wanssum of the previous municipality of Meerlo-Wanssum have also been part of the municipality. Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

Venray lies between the Meuse and the De Peel nature reserve , which forms the border with the province of Noord-Brabant . Oostrum, 2 km east of Venray, has a train station on the Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond railway line . From here buses go to Venray itself.

Venray is also on the A73 Nijmegen - Venlo motorway .

The US company Xerox operates a factory in Venray that produces photocopiers. In addition, there are small factories and trading companies. There are also numerous jobs in nursing: there are two psychiatric hospitals, several old people's homes and a regional hospital.

The area around Venray has an important agricultural, gardening (flowers, asparagus) and animal husbandry (fattening pigs).

history

The village of Rooy or Rode existed as early as 1200 (the name refers to a settlement created by clearing the forest). In the 15th century it belonged to the Duchy of Geldern . A Latin school founded in 1651 and several monasteries point to a heyday in the late 17th century . This was partly caused by the high-yielding peat extraction in the De Peel bog . In the 18th century there was a serious decline and a lot of poverty. When the railway connection came about in 1883 and clever farmers raised a good breed of sheep and knew how to export many of these animals to Australia and New Zealand , Venray flourished again. The Peel area was partially reclaimed, which brought about an improvement in agriculture.

In World War II Venray suffered much. The Peel-Raam position ran straight through the municipality, and in 1940 (German conquest) and 1944/1945 (Allied conquest) there was great war damage. Many people also fell victim to the war. From 1952 an industrialization plan was carried out with success.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
29.7
19.7
13.2
12.9
10.8
9.4
4.3
VL b
SWV
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+0.4
+1.4
-1.6
+1.0
+0.3
+0.3
-1.7
VL b
SWV
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Remarks:
b 2014: PP2 9.2%, inVENlow 9.1%

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party Seats
1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2009 a 2014 2018
CDA 14th 12 14th 9 10 8th 7th 10 9 9
VENRAY Lokaal b - - - - - - - - - 5
SP - - - - - - 2 2 4th 4th
D66 0 - - 3 2 - - - 3 3
Samenwerking Venray 2 2 2 3 2 5 5 4th 3 3
VVD 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2
PvdA 3 5 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 4th 1 1
Plaatselijk Progressief in het Kwadraat c - - - - - - 2 4th 3 -
inVENtief - - - - - - 1 1 2 -
Lijst Kateman - - - - - - 0 - - -
Nederlandse Volks-Unie - - - - - - 0 - - -
Fractie Van de Vorle - 2 2 4th 4th 5 - - - -
PSP 1 - - - - - - - - -
PPR - - - - - - - - -
CPN - - - - - - - - -
Small worker's party 0 - - - - - - - - -
total 23 23 23 25th 25th 25th 25th 27 27 27
Remarks
a Due to the incorporation of the villages Blitterswijck, Geijsteren and Wanssum (then part of the municipality of Meerlo-Wanssum) into Venray on January 1, 2010, the municipal elections took place on November 22, 2009.
b VENRAY Lokaal emerged from the merger of the parties inVENtief and Plaatselijk Progressief in het Kwadraat.
c In 2006 the party Plaatselijk Progressief in het Kwadraat ran under the name "Lokaal Actief".

College of Mayors and Aldermen

Between 2018 and 2022 there is a coalition of CDA , D66 and VENRAY Lokaal. The coalition parties provide the council with the councilors, with the CDA being present with two councilors and the D66 and VENRAY Lokaal each contributing one councilor. They were appointed on May 22, 2018 during a council meeting. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:

function Surname Political party Department annotation
mayor Luc Winants CDA general administration, security and legal affairs in office since January 6, 2020
Alderman Jan Loonen CDA Economy, area developments and events deputy mayor
Anne Thielen CDA social issues, youth and quality of life -
Martijn van der Putten D66 Education, town planning and resources -
Carla Brugman-Rustenburg VENRAY Lokaal Sustainability, public space and mobility -
Community Secretary Karel Joosten - - in office since July 2010

Attractions

Church in Venray

The De Peel nature reserve can be visited. In Ysselsteyn, 8 km southwest of Venray, you will find the Ysselsteyn war cemetery , the only German war cemetery in the Netherlands. It has around 32,000 graves and is mostly visited by Germans on Memorial Day .

Church: de Sint Petrus-Bandenkerk
Church: de Onze Lieve Vrouw van Zeven Smarten of Paterskerk

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Nieuwe burgemeester in Venray. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, November 1, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on September 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1982–2002 2006 2009 2014 2018 , accessed on September 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Coalitieakkoord 2018 - 2022 Gemeente Venray, accessed on September 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Nieuw college aan de slag. In: peelenmaasvenray.nl. May 24, 2018, accessed September 2, 2018 (Dutch).
  7. ^ College van B & W Gemeente Venray, accessed September 2, 2018 (Dutch)