Voorschoten

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Voorschoten municipality
Flag of the municipality of Voorschoten
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Voorschoten
coat of arms
province South Holland South Holland
mayor Charlie Aptroot ( VVD ; acting)
Seat of the municipality Voorschoten
Area
 - land
 - water 		11.56  km 2
11.17 km 2
0.39 km 2
CBS code 0626
Residents 25,507 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 2206 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 8 ′  N , 4 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′  N , 4 ° 28 ′  E
Important traffic route N447 N448
prefix 071
Postcodes 2251-2254
Website Homepage of Voorschoten
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Voorschoten, church

Voorschoten ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland . Audio file / audio sample

Location and economy

The village of Voorschoten is located immediately south of Leiden and lies between the railway line The Hague - Leiden in the west and the Rhine-Schie Canal in the east. Wassenaar is to the west and Leidschendam to the south . To the east of the municipality lies the Vliet , a local recreation area created from a quarry pond; behind it runs the highway Den Haag - Amsterdam. Voorschoten has two small train stations: one on the western outskirts and one (De Vink) on the north-western border with Leiden.

Many commuters live in the municipality who work in The Hague or Leiden, but Voorschoten itself also has a large number of agricultural and small-scale businesses.

history

Already around 2000 BC There was a settlement in the area of ​​today's municipality Voorschoten in the area of ​​Boschgeest. Fishermen and hunters lived there. The Roman name was forescate.

The elongated form of the settlement originated in the Middle Ages. Count Floris V of Holland granted the place market rights in 1282.

From 1858 to 1985 Voorschoten was the seat of a very large, silver- processing workshop, which can be classified as a factory. In the first decade after the Second World War, Voorschoten grew considerably from almost 5500 inhabitants in 1934 to around 9300 inhabitants in early 1946 to now almost 25,000 inhabitants.

Also in this century Voorschoten will have more and more inhabitants. That is why the new settlements Starrenburg, Krimwijk and Starrenburg II are being built.

Attractions

  • Duivenvoorde Castle (built in 1631 on the site of a demolished castle) can be visited in summer; there is a museum in the castle. The surrounding park is accessible all year round for a fee.
  • The old village center, with many old houses on the Voorstraat , is a listed building ( beschermd dorpsgezicht = protected village image).
  • The horse market that has been held annually on July 28th since 1282.
  • Not far from the city is the former country estate / estate Vredenhof , which was almost completely devastated by passing Spanish troops during the Eighty Years' War . The same was revitalized by Diederik Jansz Graeff and remained in the possession of the Amsterdam family De Graeff until the 18th century .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
24.0
19.7
18.9
13.0
12.2
6.4
5.9
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+2.7
+9.5
+0.2
-1.2
-8.0
-1.7
-1.3

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party Seats
2006 2010 2014 2018
VVD 5 5 4th 5
GroenLinks 3 2 2 4th
CDA 6th 3 4th 4th
D66 1 - 3 3
ONS Voorschoten - 7th 4th 3
SP - - 1 1
PvdA 4th 2 1 1
total 19th 19th 19th 21st

mayor

Charlie Aptroot ( VVD ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since May 6, 2020 . His team includes the alderman Nanning Mol (VVD), Hans Rasch ( ONS Voorschoten ), Daan Binnendijk ( CDA ) and the acting municipal secretary Andreas de Graaf .

Town twinning

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Voorschoten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Charlie Aptroot warning burgemeester Voorschoten. In: zuid-holland.nl. Provincie Zuid-Holland , May 1, 2020, accessed May 8, 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 June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ College van burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Voorschoten, accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Gemeentesecretaris Gemeente Voorschoten, accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)