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Encyclopedia > Stede Broec

Coordinates: 52.70° N 5.25° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...

Stede Broec

Location municipality Stede Broec Image File history File links Dutch_Municipality_Stede_Broec_2006. ...

Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Coordinates 52.70° N 5.25° E
Area
- Land
- Water		 15.66 km²
15.66 km²
0.00 km²
Population (2005)
- Density		 21,386
1,366/km²
Mayor H.A. Eggermont (PvdA)
Website www.stedebroec.nl

Image:Ltspkr.pngStede Broec is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The name Stede Broec derives from "stede" (meaning city) and "broec" (meaning swamp). The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... The Labour Party (in Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) is a Dutch social-democratic political party. ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... A freshwater swamp This article is about the wetland type (a landform). ...

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Population centres

The municipality of Stede Broec consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bovenkarspel, Broekerhaven, Grootebroek, Horn, Lutjebroek. Stede Broec is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Horn () is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. ... Lutjebroek is a village in the Netherlands in the community Stede Broec. ...


History

Grootebroek and Bovenkarspel together received city rights in 1364, under the name of Broek. In 1402 Lutjebroek shared in the city rights and Hoogkarspel joined in 1403. Andijk was the fifth to join in 1786. In 1825 the city was dissociated. City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Years: 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 - 1364 - 1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 See also: 1364 state leaders Events Charles V becomes King of France. ... Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ... Drechterland (population: 10,378 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Events July 21 - Battle of Shrewsbury. ... Andijk (population: 6,423 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


Stede Broec is located in the region of West Friesland consisting of all the land surrounded by the West-Friese Omringdijk, a dike which then protected the land against the dangers of the tides of the Zuider Zee. The contemporary region of West Friesland highlighted on a map of North Holland West Friesland (also West Frisia; Dutch: West-Friesland) is a contemporary region in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Landsat photo The Zuider Zee (pronounced , Dutch: Zuiderzee, pronounced ) was a shallow inlet of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km inland and at most 50 km wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 meters and a coastline of about 300...


Local government

The municipal council of Stede Broec consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows (as of 7 march 2006):

  • CDA - 4 seats
  • PvdA - 4 seat
  • Open en Duidelijk Stede Broec - 4 seats
  • Gemeentebelangen - 3 seats
  • Onafhankelijke Partij - 2 seats
  • GroenLinks - 1 seat
  • VVD - 1 seat

The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) (Dutch: Christen Democratisch Appèl) is a Dutch christian-democratic political party. ... The Labour Party (in Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) is a Dutch social-democratic political party. ... This article is about the Dutch political party. ... The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal party. ...

References

  • Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant


 
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Stede Broec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (182 words)
Stede Broec is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
The municipality of Stede Broec consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bovenkarspel, Broekerhaven, Grootebroek, Horn, Lutjebroek.
Stede Broec is located in the region of West Friesland consisting of all the land surrounded by the West-Friese Omringdijk, a dike which then protected the land against the dangers of the tides of the Zuider Zee.
Stede Broec (132 words)
The municipality of Stede Broec consists, historically, of the following towns, villages and townships: Bovenkarspel[?], Broekerhaven[?], Grootebroek[?], Horn, Lutjebroek[?] (Stede Broec is not a village itself).
The name Stede Broec comes from Stede (meaning 'cities') and Broec (meaning 'swamp'), for most of the villages are built on poldered ground, a fairly common thing in the Netherlands.
Stede Broec is located in the region West-Friesland consisting of all the land surrounded by the West-Friese Omringdijk, a dike which then protected the land against the dangers of the tides of the Zuider Zee.
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