Heerde

Heerde
Heerde
Municipality
	Heerde town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 52°23′N 6°3′E / 52.383°N 6.050°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jacqueline Koops-Scheele (ChristenUnie)
Area
• Total	80.42 km2 (31.05 sq mi)
• Land	78.74 km2 (30.40 sq mi)
• Water	1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	18,776
• Density	238/km2 (620/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Heerdenaar, Heerder
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	8180–8194
Area code	038, 0578
Website	www.heerde.nl

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.

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,^[4] SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.

Topography

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

Notable residents

Daniël de Clercq (1854 in Heerde – 1931) a Dutch socialist and activist
Hendrik Jan van Duren (1937 in Heerde – 2008) a Dutch politician.
Marijke Abels (born 1948 in Deventer) a Dutch visual artist, one of her sculptures is at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde

Sport

Jaap Zielhuis (born 1966 in Heerde) a Dutch sailor, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Jacco Eltingh (born 1970 in Heerde) a former professional male tennis player
Gerard van Velde (born 1971 in Wapenveld) a Dutch retired speed skating sprinter, gold medallist in the 2002 Winter Olympics

Gallery

Heerde - Huis Vosbergen - zonnewijzer
Heerde, Farm at Boerderij Vosbergerweg
Wijhese veer over de IJssel
Apeldoorns Kanaal: Overzicht Bonenbergerbrug - Heerde

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 8181JE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2007-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)