Waddinxveen
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coat of arms |
province | South Holland |
mayor | Evert Jan Nieuwenhuis ( SGP ) |
Seat of the municipality | Waddinxveen |
Area - land - water |
29.4 km 2 27.96 km 2 1.44 km 2 |
CBS code | 0627 |
Residents | 28,335 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 964 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 52 ° 3 ' N , 4 ° 39' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0182 |
Postcodes | 2741-2743 |
Website | Homepage of Waddinxveen |
Waddinxveen ( municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland .
) is ahistory
On April 20, 1233, Floris IV, Count of Holland, sold a Venn area to Nicolaas van Gnepwijk for 200 Dutch guilders . The area was named Waddinxvene . Therefore April 20, 1233 is Waddinxveen's date of birth.
Name origin
It is possible that the name part Waddinx- comes from a personal name Wadding. Another possibility is that the name comes from Watt (Dutch wadde ).
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
Political party | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
Protestantse Combinatie Waddinxveen | 5 | 6th | 6th | 5 |
VVD | 4th | 5 | 3 | 4th |
CDA | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 |
D66 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 3 |
Weerbaar Waddinxveen | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
PvdA / GroenLinks | - | - | 2 | 3 |
PvdA | 5 | 3 | - | - |
Waddinxveens concern | - | 0 | - | - |
total | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st |
mayor
Evert Jan Nieuwenhuis ( SGP ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since November 6, 2017 . His colleagues include the alderman Gezina Atzema ( VVD ), Henry ten Zijthoff ( PvdA / GroenLinks ), Kirsten Schippers ( Weerbaar Waddinxveen ), Hannie van der Wal-Hortensius ( D66 ) and the municipal secretary Annemie Blomme .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Sharon den Adel (* 1974), singer of Within Temptation
- Robert Westerholt (* 1975), guitarist with Within Temptation
- George Baker (born 1944), singer
- Jan van Leeuwen (* 1946), computer scientist
- Joël Sloof (* 1988), biathlete
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 11, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Nieuwenhuis voorgedracht as nieuwe burgemeester van Waddinxveen. In: AD . De Persgroep Nederland , September 14, 2017, accessed June 11, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ Samenstelling college Gemeente Waddinxveen, accessed June 11, 2018 (Dutch)