Eemnes

Eemnes
Eemnes
Municipality
	Church in Eemnes
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Utrecht
	Coordinates: 52°15′N 5°15′E / 52.250°N 5.250°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Roland van Benthem (BoerBurgerBeweging)
Area
• Total	33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
• Land	31.04 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
• Water	2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	9,362
• Density	302/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	3755
Area code	035
Website	www.eemnes.nl

Eemnes (Dutch pronunciation: [eːmˈnɛs] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.

The town of Eemnes

Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen ("Inner Eemnes") and Eemnes-Buiten ("Outer Eemnes"). These names referred to the location of the villages with respect to the dyke of the river Eem.

Eemnes-Buiten received city rights in 1345; Eemnes-Binnen was granted city rights in 1439.

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Eemnes, June 2015

Pools

Until 1932, when the Afsluitdijk sealed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea, the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called "waaien" or "wielen". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make the effort of filling them up. Because they symbolize man's battle against the sea and are relatively rare, provincial authorities designated them "geological monuments" in June 2005.^[5]

Notable people

Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis (1916 in Eemnes – 2002) was a Dutch orientalist and Indologist
Roland van Benthem (born 1968 in Emmeloord) a Dutch politician and former mayor of Eemnes (2005-2022).

Notable events

14 December 1917: Coastal class airship C.26 crash

Gallery

Church in Eemnes-Binnen
Eemnesservaart vanaf Eemnessersluis
Characteristic old Dutch houses at the center of Eemnes
Samenwerking
Eemnes Wakkerendijk

References

^ "Roland van Benthem" (in Dutch). Gemeente Eemnes. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 3755AZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Marlet, George (June 23, 2005). Pareltjes in het landschap van de Eem. Trouw (newspaper), p. 7.

External links

Media related to Eemnes at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

[mayor_now-1] "Roland van Benthem" (in Dutch). Gemeente Eemnes. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 3755AZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[5] Marlet, George (June 23, 2005). Pareltjes in het landschap van de Eem. Trouw (newspaper), p. 7.

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