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Mijdrecht is a town in the
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with about 16,000 residents. It is located in the
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 ...
of De Ronde Venen, about west of the main A2 motorway, between
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and
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. The main street is the Dorpstraat, where most shops and the municipal offices are located. There is a police office, a fire department, 6 supermarkets, sport facilities, and a coffee shop. There is no police or doctor at the weekends.


History


Middle Ages

In 1085 the parish of Mijdrecht, together with those of
Wilnis Wilnis is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, between Mijdrecht and Vinkeveen. It is about twenty kilometres south of Amsterdam. Wilnis was a separate municipality until 1989. History ...
, Tamen,
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en Kudelstaart, was granted to the Deaconate of St. John (Proosdij van Sint-Jan), by
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, the Prince-bishop of Utrecht, in return for a depot in the
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-
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border region and the guarantee that the deaconate would develop the rugged terrain for habitation. 1085 is the year taken as the founding of the municipality of Mijdrecht. Remains of the famous Pepinos Hendricos, a particular hairy neanderthal kind, have been found here.


19th century

In 1815, soon after the French-Batavian period, the mayor of Mijdrecht, Hendrikus Abraham van Doorn van Noordscharwoude, submitted a questionnaire to the Minister of War. The questionnaire, about local conditions, reported a population of 3,000, including 5 carpenters, 2 smiths, 1
brazier A brazier () is a container used to burn charcoal or other solid fuel for cooking, heating or cultural rituals. It often takes the form of a metal box or bowl with feet. Its elevation helps circulate air, feeding oxygen to the fire. Braziers h ...
, 2 brick-layers, 6 bakers, 8 tailors, and 6 cobblers.


20th century

Most parts of the town (like Hofland-Noord and Molenland) were built after 1980. In 1989 the municipality of Mijdrecht was merged into De Ronde Venen.


21st century

The city has continued to grow through "Wickelhof I and II" expansions.


Demographics

During the early 20th Century, Mijdrecht was a growing community. In 1925, the then-municipality of Mijdrecht had a population of 4,506, which grew to 4,618 in 1940. In 1950, the population of the municipality had grown to 5,379. In 1988, the last year that Mijdrecht was a separate municipality, the municipality population was 16,414. In recent years, Mijdrecht has had a declining population. In 2016 it had a population of 15,230, compared to 15,865 in 2010. This decline is particular in the 0-15 and 25-45 age ranges, with children (0-15) declining from 18% of the population in 2010 to 16% in 2016, and mid-range adults (25-45) declining from 25% in 2010 to 22% in 2016. By contrast, the percentage of seniors (65+) has grown from 14% in 2010 to 18% in 2016.Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (2018). Aantal inwoners - Buurten - 2016. ''CBS in uw buurt.'' Retrieved on February 2, 2018
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Neighborhoods

Mijdrecht consists of a downtown center around the Dorpstraat, and a number of planned residential neighborhoods, of which Proostdijland is the oldest. The rural area around the town is home to another 880 inhabitants.


Governance

Ever since the mergers of the municipalities of Mijdrecht, Wilnis, and Vinkeveen/Waverveen in 1989, Mijdrecht has been governed by the Municipality of De Ronde Venen. The municipality is governed by a
Municipal Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...
( Dutch: ''gemeenteraad'') presently consisting of 27 councillors. Day-to-day executive administration is performed by the council of mayor and aldermen (Dutch: ''college van burgemeester en wethouders''). The mayor, Maarten Divendal, was appointed by the crown on 22 November 2011. The remainder of the council consists of three aldermen and the municipal secretary, who heads the municipal administration.


Business

Mijdrecht is the location for the Dutch branch of S. C. Johnson & Son, where it is housed in an office building designed by Hugh Maaskant on the Groot-Mijdrechtstraat. The following numbers of businesses by sector were reported by
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for 2016:


Culture


Education


Elementary

Mijdrecht has seven elementary schools, one in nearly all of the residential neighborhoods. A number of these are public, Catholic and Protestant.


Secondary

There is one high/secondary school called Veenlanden College. The Mijdrecht campus of the school contains around 1500 students in MAVO,
HAVO ''Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs'' (havo, meaning "higher general continued education" in Dutch) is a stream in the secondary educational system of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Suriname. It has five grades and is generally attended at ...
and Atheneum levels.


Recreation

Mijdrecht is home to the
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and
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
club
SV Argon Sport Vereniging Argon is a football and basketball club from Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Its male first football squad plays in the Hoofdklasse. History 20th century The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvogels, VV Mijdrecht, and ...
, which was created after a merger of three football clubs in Mijdrecht and Wilnis in 1971. From 1982 until 2012, Mijdrecht was the location for an annual national festival called AJOC (''Algemene Jongeren Ontspannings Club'' - General Youth Recreation Club).


Religion

In 1937, the provincial almanac of Utrecht reported Mijdrecht having a population of 4,717, of whom 1,838 were
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, 1,646 Dutch Reformed, 877
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, and 136 not being members of a church. Currently, there are numerous protestant churches, of various denominations and one Catholic Church. There was also a synagogue on the Kerkweg. Presently, Mijdrecht also has a
Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
community with a mosque, the Hakyol Moskee in Twistvlied. The Hakyol Mosque shares an address with the Veenhartkerk, a
Christian Reformed Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...
church.


Notable people

*
Irfan Bachdim Irfan Haarys Bachdim (born 11 August 1988) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Persis Solo. Early life Irfan father, Noval, is an Indonesian national of Arab descent born in ...
, Indonesian footballer *
Lesly de Sa Lesly de Sa (born 2 April 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who most recently played as a winger for Ajax Amateurs. An Ajax youth product, he joined Go Ahead Eagles and Willem II on loan before signing with Slovak side Slovan Bratis ...
, professional footballer * Anouk Hoogendijk, professional footballer * Henk Norel, professional international basketball player


References


External links

* {{Coord, 52, 12, N, 4, 52, E, region:NL_type:city, display=title Populated places in Utrecht (province) Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) De Ronde Venen