Overbetuwe

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Overbetuwe
Location of Overbetuwe
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
 - Mayor Elisabeth Tuijnman
Area (2006)
 - Total 115.18 km² (44.5 sq mi)
 - Land 109.59 km² (42.3 sq mi)
 - Water 5.59 km² (2.2 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Total 44,210
 - Density 394/km² (1,020.5/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Image:Ltspkr.pngOverbetuwe is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was formed on January 1, 2001 as a merger of 3 former municipalities: Elst, Heteren and Valburg. It is bordered in the north by the river Rhine and in the south by the river Waal. The city hall is located in Elst, the largest town in the municipality. Together with 18 other municipalities it forms 'Knooppunt Arnhem-Nijmegen' (English: 'Arnhem-Nijmegen junction'), or simply 'KAN', which is a regional collaboration.

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[edit] Towns and villages

Andelst, Driel, Elst, Hemmen, Herveld, Heteren, Homoet, Loenen, Oosterhout (partly), Randwijk, Slijk-Ewijk, Valburg and Zetten.

[edit] Transportation

Because of its central location between the cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem, many inhabitants of Overbetuwe commute between these cities. Three major highways are situated in the municipality; the A50, A15 and A325. Overbetuwe has two railway stations: Elst and Zetten-Andelst. Besides these two existing railway lines, a controversial freight line called the Betuweroute has been operational from 2007.

[edit] Politics

The mayor of this municipality is E. Tuijnman. The distribution of council seats after the 2006 elections is shown here. After these elections CDA, PvdA, VVD and D66 formed a broad coalition.

Party Seats Change from 2002
CDA 7 -
PvdA 6 +3
Gemeentebelangen 5 -
D66 3 -1
VVD 3 -
GroenLinks 2 -
ChristenUnie 1 -
Total 27 +2


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