Helmond
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| Helmond | |||
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| Coordinates: 51°29′N 05°40′E / 51.483°N 5.667°ECoordinates: 51°29′N 05°40′E / 51.483°N 5.667°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Brabant | ||
| Government | |||
| • mayor | Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (CDA) | ||
| Area(2006) | |||
| • Total | 54.56 km2 (21.07 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 53.20 km2 (20.54 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) | ||
| Population (31 December 2010) | |||
| • Total | 88,598 | ||
| • Density | 1,668/km2 (4,320/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Helmond (
pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.
Helmond has many textile companies. The Vlisco[1] factory is located next to the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal which runs through the city.
Helmond is home of the professional football team of Helmond Sport.
Geography
Helmond is subdivided into quarters and neighbourhoods:[2]
- Quarter 11 Inner City
- Neighbourhood 0 Centrum
- Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus
- Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort
- Neighbourhood 4 Stationsgebied
- Neighbourhood 5 Vossenberg
- Neighbourhood 6 Annabuurt en Suytkade
- Neighbourhood 7 Steenweg en omgeving
- Quarter 11 Helmond-East
- Neighbourhood 0 Beisterveld
- Neighbourhood 1 Beisterveldse Broek
- Neighbourhood 2 Straakven
- Quarter 12 Helmond-North
- Neighbourhood 0 Bloemvelden
- Neighbourhood 1 Binderen
- Neighbourhood 2 Eeuwsels
- Quarter 13 Mierlo-Hout
- Neighbourhood 0 't Hout-Centrum
- Neighbourhood 1 Kroon
- Neighbourhood 2 Akkers
- Neighbourhood 3 Gansenwinkel
- Neighbourhood 9 Groot Goor
- Quarter 14 Brouwhuis
- Neighbourhood 0 Brouwhuis-Dorp
- Neighbourhood 1 Brouwhuis-West
- Neighbourhood 2 Brouwhuis-Oost
- Neighbourhood 4 Brouwhorst
- Neighbourhood 9 Kloostereind
- Quarter 15 Helmond-West
- Neighbourhood 0 West
- Neighbourhood 1 Houtsdonk
- Quarter 16 Warande
- Neighbourhood 0 Oranjebuurt
- Neighbourhood 1 Zwanenbeemd
- Neighbourhood 9 Overbrug
- Quarter 17 Stiphout
- Neighbourhood 0 Stiphout-Dorp
- Neighbourhood 1 Schooten
- Neighbourhood 9 Geeneind
- Quarter 18 Rijpelberg
- Neighbourhood 1 Rijpelberg-Oost
- Neighbourhood 2 Rijpelberg-West
- Neighbourhood 9 Berkendonk
- Quarter 19 Dierdonk
- Neighbourhood 0 Kern Dierdonk
- Neighbourhood 9 Scheepstal
- Quarter 21 Brandevoort
- Neighbourhood 1 De Veste
- Neighbourhood 2 Schutsboom
- Neighbourhood 3 Stepekolk
- Neighbourhood 4 Berenbroek
- Quarter 29 Industrial park-South
- Neighbourhood 1 Hoogeind
- Neighbourhood 2 B.Z.O.B.
History
First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rights in approximately 1232. The centre of Helmond has a castle which was built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350.
Transport
Railway stations: Helmond, Helmond Brouwhuis, Helmond Brandevoort, Helmond 't Hout
Politics
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 37 seats. Below the council since 1998:
| Seats | |||||||||||||||
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| Partij | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| SDOH-D66-HB* | - | - | - | 8 | |||||||||||
| CDA | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| PvdA | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| VVD | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Helder Helmond | - | - | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| SP | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| GroenLinks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Trots op Nederland | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||||||
| Helmond Aktief | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Senioren | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| D66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -* | |||||||||||
| Helmondse Belangen | 2 | 5 | 2 | -* | |||||||||||
| SDH-OH | 6 | 6 | 4 | -* | |||||||||||
| Total | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |||||||||||
- The political parties SDH-OH, Helmondse Belangen, and D66 form 1 parliamentary group in the council, but took part in the elections separately. In the elections they received 4, 2 and 2 seats respectively.
Representatives of the blue colored parliamentary groups form the executive coalition.
Notable people born in Helmond
- See also People from Helmond
- Anthonius Konings (1821-1884), Redemptionist professor
- Franz Jozef Van Beeck (1930-2011), author and theologian
- Willy van der Kuijlen (born 1946), football (soccer) player
- Lisette Sevens (born 1949), field hockey player
- René and Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), football (soccer) players and twins
- Fieke Boekhorst (born 1957), field hockey player
- Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (born 1959), politician and former banking manager (mayor of Helmond since 2012)
- Berry van Aerle (born 1962), football (soccer) player
- Harry van Bommel (born 1962), politician
- Diana van Berlo (born 1966), former member of disco/pop girl group Luv'
- Stochelo Rosenberg (born 1968), Gypsy Jazz performer
- M. H. Benders (born 1971), poet
- Wilfred Bouma (born 1978), football (soccer) player
- Nieky Holzken (born 1983), thaiboxer
Twin towns - sister cities
- Helmond is a member city of Eurotowns network[3]
Helmond is twinned with:
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Mechelen in Belgium
San Marcos in Nicaragua (since 1987)
Zielona Góra in Poland (since 1993)[4]
References
- ↑ Vlisco Véritable Hollandais
- ↑ "CBS StatLine - Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2004-2010". Statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ↑ "Eurotowns".
- ↑ "Zielona Góra Miasta partnerskie". Urząd Miasta Zielona Góra. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
External links
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- (Dutch) Official website
- Vlisco
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