Westerveld

( Listen? / I ) Westerveld is a municipality in the northeastern Dutch province of Drenthe. It has 19,095 inhabitants ( 1 January 2013) and an area of 283 km ² and was created in 1999 by the merger of the municipalities Havelte, Diever, Dwingeloo and Vledder.

Local structure

The site comprises a total of 24 districts. The seat of the municipality is located in Diever.

Districts according to their population level (2010):

Other, unofficial districts are Westeinde ( 150 inhabitants ) and Boschoord, Oldendiever, Oude Willem and Wateren (under 40 people).

Policy

Parish council

After the local elections of 2010, the 17 seats of the council devoted to each of the parties and groupings as follows:

Mayor and Alderman

  • Mayor: Henderikus ( Rikus ) Jager
  • Assistant: Klaas Smidt (VVD )
  • Assistant: ANRY Small Deters ( Progressief Westerveld )
  • Assistant: Roelof Martens ( DSSW )

Community partnerships

Partner municipalities of Westerveld are Polička in the Czech Republic and the German Samtgemeinde Ilmenau in Lower Saxony.

Industry, business and research

Just outside Dwingeloo located on the edge of a nature reserve, the Research Centre for Radio Astronomy ASTRON.

Sander Westerveld Statistics Netherlands Telephone numbers in the Netherlands Ilmenau (Samtgemeinde) Aa en Hunze Assen Borger-Odoorn Coevorden De Wolden Emmen, Netherlands Hoogeveen Meppel Noordenveld Tynaarlo
817769
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