Heerde () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and a town in the eastern
Netherlands
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. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the
Veluwe
The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts.
The Ve ...
region.
Population centres
Politics
The municipal council consists of 17 seats, which have been divided as follows since 2018:
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CU-
SGP - 4 seats
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CDA - 4 seats
* Municipal Interest Farmers Party Heerde - 3 seats
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VVD
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberalRudy Andeweg, Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingsto ...
- 2 seats
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D66-
GL - 2 seats
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PvdA - 2 seats
Sport
The municipality has five amateur soccer clubs: vv Heerde,
SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.
Topography
![Gem-Heerde-OpenTopo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Gem-Heerde-OpenTopo.jpg)
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heerde, June 2015.''
Notable residents
![Daan de Clercq BWSA](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Daan_de_Clercq_BWSA.jpg)
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Daniël de Clercq
Daniël "Daan" de Clercq (21 August 1854 in Heerde – 15 December 1931 in Haarlem) was a Dutch socialist and activist.
Biography
He was the grandson of Willem de Clercq and grew up in Haarlem where he became good friends with Frederik van ...
(1854 in Heerde – 1931) a Dutch socialist and activist
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Hendrik Jan van Duren
Hendrik Jan van Duren (30 April 1937, in Heerde, Gelderland – 5 February 2008, in Wapenveld) was a Dutch politician.
See also
*List of Dutch politicians
A list of most notable Dutch politicians, party affiliation given.
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* Willem Aantjes ...
(1937 in Heerde – 2008) a Dutch politician.
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Marijke Abels
Marijke Abels (born July 30, 1948) is a Dutch visual artist and instructor.
Life and work
Abels was born in Deventer. She creates sculptures of bronze, paper, and photographs. Her work follows the theme of "the complex relationship between hum ...
(born 1948 in
Deventer) a Dutch visual artist, one of her sculptures is at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde
Sport
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Jaap Zielhuis
Jacob Dirk "Jaap" Zielhuis (born 2 July 1966 in Heerde) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Zielhuis represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) i ...
(born 1966 in Heerde) a Dutch sailor, competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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Jacco Eltingh (born 1970 in Heerde) a former professional male tennis player
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Gerard van Velde (born 1971 in Wapenveld) a Dutch retired speed skating sprinter, gold medallist in the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
Gallery
File:Heerde - Huis Vosbergen - zonnewijzer.jpg, Heerde - Huis Vosbergen - zonnewijzer
File:Heerde Rijksmonument 21144 Boerderij Vosbergerweg 37.jpg, Heerde, Farm at Boerderij Vosbergerweg
File:20140723 Wijhese veer over de IJssel.jpg, Wijhese veer over de IJssel
File:Overzicht Bonenbergerbrug - Heerde - 20360168 - RCE.jpg, Apeldoorns Kanaal: Overzicht Bonenbergerbrug - Heerde
References
External links
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Official website
Municipalities of Gelderland
Populated places in Gelderland
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