Oude IJsselstreek

Oude IJsselstreek is a municipality of the province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the communities Gendringen and wiping. The new municipality has a total area of ​​137.87 km ² and counted on 1 January 2013, according to the CBS 39 775 inhabitants. It has from the river Issel Old ( Old IJssel ), which flows through the municipal area your name.

Geography

It is a more rural, Catholic community with scattered industrial areas. The largest village is Ulft with ten thousand inhabitants. Other large seeds are Silvolde and Terborg and even farther afield, Protestant Varsseveld.

In the south the city borders on the German cities Isselburg, Rees and Emmerich.

Policy

The Town Hall is located in Gendringen, parts of the city administration are located in Varsseveld, the capital of the former municipality of wiping. The meetings of the council will normally find, since 2009, in the Cultuurfabriek DRU instead.

The mayor, Hans Alberse of the social democratic PvdA, was appointed as usual in the Netherlands by the Interior Ministry. In 2010 elected municipal council, the local party Lokaal concern GVS ten seats, the Christian Democrat CDA seven, the PvdA five, the social-liberal party D66 three and the right-wing liberal VVD two. In total, there are 27 seats, according to the size of the community.

Issue in local politics is mainly a proportionate response to the demographic changes expected. As more rural and structurally weak community Oude has IJsselstreek it hard to keep young people and to attract workers. While some politicians work to make the community more attractive with larger projects such as the DRE and the afbramerij (part of a former ironworks ), others reject this overlooking the municipal finances. Opponents of the major projects also advocate to focus on the facilities in the villages and towns.

Classification

In Oude IJsselstreek are

  • The small town Terborg,
  • The villages Bontebrug, Breedenbroek, Etten, Gendringen, Megchelen, Netterden Silvolde, Sinderen, Ulft, Varsselder, Varsseveld and Westendorp
  • And the municipalities and towns Heelweg, Veldhunten, Voorst and hot.

There are historical units that are administratively in the Dutch municipality system without significance.

Culture

The community is a member of the Ring of forging European cities, has set itself the goal of promoting the regional diversity of blacksmithing and metal design in the global unity of Europe at all levels.

Through the community 's sculptures route Oerkracht ( primal force ). This name is a pun. The Dutch word oer means: bog iron ore, which was here until about 1900 obtained and processed, but corresponds to the German prefix ur -.

The former iron foundry DRU was opened as a cultural center in 2009. It includes, among other things, a theater, the Ulfter library and replaced the torn cultural center De Smeltkroes. Intention is that the DRU- Cultuurfabriek gets significance for the entire community Oude IJsselstreek within the Ulfter Centrum plan.

Twinning

Furthermore, the community has since 1999/2005 a partnership with Boukombé in Benin, West Africa.

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