Valkenswaard – Wikipedia
Valkenswaard ( ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the Kempen in the province of Noord-Brabant. The total area of the municipality is 56.44 km². Valkenswaard has 31,546 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2023).
- Valkenswaard, where the local government is located
- Dommelen, which grows strongly through new buildings
- Borkel-Schaft
Valkenswaard lies between Eindhoven and the Lommel lying in Belgium. The street between these cities has not been expanded into a highway because it runs through natural areas outside the village. A new ring road leads around the center, through the exterior quarters of Valkenswaard.
Valkenswaard has a beer brewery (Dommelsch), a cigar factory and some small businesses; Due to the beautiful, forested surroundings and the many cafés and discotheques, tourists also come here. The Center Parc is located a few kilometers south of Westerhoven The Kempervennen .
The majority of residents are commuters who work in Eindhoven or Hasselt (Belgium). In both cities there are works by the Philips Group.
In the Middle Ages, the poor farming village of Wedert was created here (or Explanation Racing because the local farmers lived from pig breeding; Lower Varken = Brab. Die dialect = pig). In the 17th century, the village became a center of the Falkner, which were able to catch many of these birds of prey here. A statue in the center of Valkenswaard is still reminiscent of this. Between around 1850 and 1940, the place knew a flowering cigar industry. On September 17, 1944, it was largely destroyed in acts of war. Only the two largest companies (“Hofnar” and “Willem II”) were able to prove themselves for a few decades after the end of the war. The village grew strongly through the influx of other small industries, also because the Philips-Werke employees could be built here.
- Kirche St. Nikolaus (National Monument)
- The natural area “de Malpie”, with forest, heath, the streams of Tongelreep and Dommel and small ponds or lakes (Dutch friend ).
- The Museum VSMM (falcon hunting and cigar manufacturing museum).
- The Museum of Lithograph (Steendrukmuseum).
- Das Museum van Gerwen Lemmens (Kirchliche Art).
- The flower parade every year on the second Sunday in September.
- The lively carnival when the village is called “Striepersgat”.
- The center has numerous bars, cafes, discos and other amusement facilities.
- There are several hotels, campsites and swimming pools in the community.
Valkenswaard has been one of the stations of the Global Champions Tour since 2006 and thus moves the best riders in the world to Valkenswaard every year.
The place is hosting the Motocross World Championship for years.
The Valkenswaardse RC was the only foreign representative to be included in the German roll hockey Bundesliga.
The local party Clear & driven as an election winner as well as in 2014 and 2018. She prevailed with almost a quarter of all voices.
Municipal council [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Voting turnout: 49.15%
24.38
17.94
15.8
11.5
10.86
10.08
5.59
3.86
no
Profits and losses
Compared to 2018
+0.73
+17.94
+15,8
+1.39
+1,01
−9,21
−2,73
−0.95
−23,96
The following seat distributions in the municipal council have been found in Valkenswaard since 1982:
| Political party | Seats [2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Clear & driven | – | – | – | – | – | – | first | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Valkenswaard our future One | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Valkenswaard Local b | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Vital Valkenswaard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | first | |
| PvdA | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Together for Valkenswaard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| CDA | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| VVD | 3 | 2 | first | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | first | first | 2 | first |
| D66 | first | – | first | first | 0 | 0 | – | first | first | first | first |
| Valkenswaard interests b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Pure b | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Stupid interest b | first | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| GroenLinks | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | first | – | – | – | – |
| Seniors Party Groot Valkenswaard | – | – | – | 4 | first | first | – | – | – | – | – |
| Young Valkenswaard | – | first | first | 2 | first | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| New forum | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NOT c | first | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| In total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
- Remarks
Town partnerships [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
- Adriaan Smets (1867-1947), Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat
- Joseph Jacobus van den Besselaar (1916–1991), old philologist, Romanist and Lusitanist, temporarily taught in Brazil
- Bouke Beumer (* 1934), politician
- Karel Adriaan Deurloo (1936–2019), Reformed pastor, theology professor and author
- Georges Christoffel Maria Evers (1950–2003), nursing scientist
- Pieter Van Geelle (* 1951), politicians, Secretary of State
- Linda Williams (* 1955), pop singer
- Jan Tops (* 1961), former jumping rider and horse dealer
- Frank Roberscheuten (* 1962), jazz musician
- Dominique Van Hulst (* 1981), pop put
- ↑ Population development; Regio per month . In: StatLine . Central Bureau of Statistics, 28. February 2023 (Niederländisch).
- ↑ a b Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 , accessed on June 6, 2022 (Dutch)
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