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Abcoude () is a town and former municipality in the
Abcoude was first mentioned in a report from 1085 by the bishop of
SDU Staatscourant
A map of Abcoude
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Abcoude () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands
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, in the province of Utrecht
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. Since 2011 it has been part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen
De Ronde Venen (; ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Abcoude was amalgamated into De Ronde Venen.
Population centres
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Population centres
The former municipality of Abcoude consisted of the villages Abcoude and Baambrugge, and the hamletStokkelaarsbrug
Stokkelaarsbrug is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, and lies about 12 km south of Amsterdam
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Geography
Abcoude lies in the Province Utrecht, about 13 km southeast of (the centre of)Amsterdam
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, on the confluence of the Angstel River, Gein River
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and Holendrecht River
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In 2001, the town of Abcoude had 6431 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.28 km², and contained 2678 residences. The current approximation is over 8000. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
History
Abcoude was first mentioned in a report from 1085 by the bishop of Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...
. In this document the residents of Abcoude were named ’habitatores de Abecenwalde’.
In 1672 most of the town was burned down by the French.
In 1820 Abcoude had 1100 inhabitants.
The municipality of Abcoude was formed in 1941, from the former municipalities of Abcoude-Proosdij (containing the village of Abcoude) and Abcoude-Baambrugge (containing the village of Baambrugge).
Transport
The town is served by Abcoude railway station. It is in the northern part of Abcoude. The station offers direct services toAmsterdam
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, Utrecht
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, Gouda and Rotterdam
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Local government
Till 2011 themunicipal council
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of Abcoude consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:
* CDA - 3 seats
* SVAB (local party) - 3 seats
* VVD
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a conservative-liberal Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49 political party in ...
- 3 seats
* PvdA - 2 seats
* D66 - 1 seat
* GroenLinks
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It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and ...
- 1 seat
Other
Abcoude is known as the only town whose name starts with the letters A, B, and C in that order and ends with D and E in that order.References
* Statistics are taken from thSDU Staatscourant
External links
*A map of Abcoude
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Businesses in Abcoude
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