Eijsden-Margraten

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Eijsden - Margraten ( Limburg Èèsjde - Mergraote ) is the name of a new Dutch church that. , With effect from 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities Eijsden and Margraten, both in the province of Limburg, emerged The new municipality has 25,051 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013 ) on an area of ​​about 78 km ². The municipality of Maastricht has long been against the merger because they themselves wanted to expand at least one of the two communities to both or.

Eijsden - Margraten heard on the one hand to the Limburg hills and on the other hand to the Meuse valley. In the west the Meuse forms the municipal boundary. In the south of the new municipality borders on the Belgian territory.

Policy

On 24 November 2010 local elections were held in Eijsden and Margraten. There the 19 seats were elected to the Council of the new municipality:

  • CDA, 7 seats
  • PvdA/D66/GroenLinks, 3 seats
  • Partij Groot Eijsden (PGE ), 3 seats
  • Samenwerkingsverband Margraten ( SvM ), 3 seats
  • VVD, 2 seats
  • Progressief Liberaal Eijsden Margraten ( PLEM ), 1 seat

Acting Mayor

From 1 January 2011, initially Jean Bronckers (CDA ), by then acting mayor of Margraten, the incumbent mayor of the new municipality Eijsden - Margraten.

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