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Country
  
Netherlands

Demonym(s)
  
Heerdenaar, Heerder

Postcode
  
8180–8194

Area
  
80.39 km²

Province
  
Gelderland

Elevation
  
7 m (23 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code
  
038, 0578

Local time
  
Sunday 6:00 AM

Heerde

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 96% Humidity

Heerde ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region.

Contents

Map of Heerde, Netherlands

Population centres

  • Heerde
  • Hoorn
  • Veessen
  • Vorchten
  • Wapenveld

    • Politics

    The municipal council consists of 17 seats, which have been divided as follows since 2014:

  • CU-SGP - 4 seats
  • CDA - 4 seats
  • Municipal Interest Farmers Party Heerde - 3 seats
  • VVD - 2 seats
  • PvdA - 2 seats
  • D66-GL - 2 seats

    • Sport

    The municipality has five amateur soccer clubs: vv Heerde, SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.

    Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heerde, June 2015.

    Notable residents

  • Jacco Eltingh (born 1970 in Heerde), tennis player
  • Gerard van Velde (born 1971 in Wapenveld), speed skater
  • Toine Rorije (born 1974 in Heerde), football player (played for Go Ahead Eagles and F.C. Groningen)

    • References

    Heerde Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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