Dongen
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Street through Dongen
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Brabant | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Marina Starmans-Gelijns (VVD) | ||
| Area[2] | |||
| • Total | 29.72 km2 (11.47 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 29.29 km2 (11.31 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 4 m (13 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
| • Total | 25,392 | ||
| • Density | 867/km2 (2,250/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Dongenaar | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 5100–5109 | ||
| Area code | 0162 | ||
| Website | www |
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Dongen (<phonos file="186 Dongen.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>) is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" (about ten feet across), the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts Automobile was built here in 1899.
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Population centres
- Dongen (population: 22,270)
- 's Gravenmoer (2,220)
- Vaart (500)
- Klein-Dongen (220)
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Dongen, June 2015
Politics
The municipal council exists of 21 chairs. You can find the composition of the council since 1998 below:
| Seats municipal council | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| People's Party Dongen | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
| CDA | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| PvdA | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Podium | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| SP | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | ||||||||||
| Others | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Total | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
Notable residents
- Nadine Broersen (1990) world champion indoor pentathlon 2014
- Rolf Snoeren (1969) Fashion designer.
- Karel Willemen (1967) Designer
- Kelly van Zon (1987) table tennis player
References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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