Overbetuwe

Overbetuwe
Overbetuwe
Municipality
	Overbetuwe town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°55′N 5°51′E / 51.917°N 5.850°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Established	1 January 2001
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Toon van Asseldonk
Area
• Total	115.08 km2 (44.43 sq mi)
• Land	109.19 km2 (42.16 sq mi)
• Water	5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	48,214
• Density	442/km2 (1,140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6660–6662, 6665–6668, 6670–6678
Area code	026, 0481, 0488
Website	www.overbetuwe.nl

Overbetuwe (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 January 2001 as a merger of three former municipalities: Elst, Heteren and Valburg. Overbetuwe is bordered in the north by the river Rhine and in the south by the river Waal. The city hall is located in Elst, the largest town in the municipality. Together with eighteen other municipalities it forms the 'Knooppunt Arnhem-Nijmegen' (English: 'Arnhem-Nijmegen conurbation'), or simply 'KAN', which is a regional collaboration.

Towns

Town	Inhabitants (2015)
Andelst	1650
Driel	4205
Elst	21554
Hemmen	184
Herveld	3015
Heteren	5109
Homoet	76
Loenen	47
Oosterhout (partly)	2337
Randwijk	1435
Slijk-Ewijk	479
Valburg	1780
Zetten	5002

Transportation

Because of its central location between the cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem, many inhabitants of Overbetuwe commute between these cities. Three major highways are situated in the municipality; the A50, A15 and A325. Overbetuwe has two railway stations: Elst and Zetten-Andelst. Besides these two existing railway lines, a controversial freight line called the Betuweroute has been operational from 2007.

Politics

The gemeenteraad (city council) of Overbetuwe consists of 29 seats. Below is the composition of the city council since 2000:

Gemeenteraadszetels
Party	2000	2006	2010	2014	2018^[6]
CDA	7	7	7	13	9
PvdA	3	6	4	1	2
D66	4	3	5	5	4
VVD	3	3	5	2	3
Gemeentebelangen	-	5	5	4	4
GroenLinks	2	2	2	2	4
ChristenUnie	1	1	1	1	1
Over-Betuwe Lokaal*	3	-	-	-	-
Dorpslijst Elst*	2	-	-	-	-
Burger Belangen Overbetuwe	-	-	-	1	2
SGP	-	-	-	-	-
Total	27	27	29	29	29

Gallery

Elst, church: de Grote of Sint Maartenskerk
Zetten, church
Driel, river: Rhine
Heteren former townhall
Zetten, het Witte Huis

Notable people

Pieter Rijke (1812 in Hemmen – 1899) a Dutch physicist, invented the Rijke tube
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack (1834 in Zetten – 1917) a Dutch legal scholar, economist and historian
Frits Kuipers (1899 in Lent – 1943) a footballer and bronze medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Jan Zwartkruis (1926 in Elst – 2013) the manager of the Netherlands national football team 1976/77 & 1978/81
Pierre Kartner (born 1935 in Elst) a Dutch musician, singer-songwriter and record producer ^[7]
Paul Kuypers (1939 in Elst - 1971) a Dutch agriculture expert in Ierapetra, Crete
Johan Derksen (born 1949 in Heteren) a Dutch sports journalist and former football player
Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born 1981 in Elst) a Dutch former professional footballer with 403 club caps
Loiza Lamers (born 1995 in Driel) a Dutch transgender model

References

^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2001]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Samenstelling" [Members] (in Dutch). Gemeente Overbetuwe. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6661EH". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ De Gelderlander, voorlopige verkiezingsuitslag 2018
^ IMDb Database retrieved 10 March 2020