Oldambt (municipality)

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Oldambt
Municipality
Former clock maker building in Heiligerlee

Flag
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Oldambt in a municipal map of Groningen
Location in Groningen
Coordinates: 53°9′N 7°2′E / 53.150°N 7.033°E / 53.150; 7.033Coordinates: 53°9′N 7°2′E / 53.150°N 7.033°E / 53.150; 7.033
Country Netherlands
Province Groningen
Established 1 January 2010[1]
Government[2]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Pieter Smit (D66)
Area[3]
 • Total 295.96 km2 (114.27 sq mi)
 • Land 227.80 km2 (87.95 sq mi)
 • Water 68.16 km2 (26.32 sq mi)
Elevation[4] 2 m (7 ft)
Population (November 2013)[5]
 • Total 38,596
 • Density 169/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode Parts of 9600 and 9900 ranges
Area code 0596–0598
Website www.gemeente-oldambt.nl

Oldambt is a municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen. The municipality was established 1 January 2010, as a merger of the former municipalities of Reiderland, Scheemda and Winschoten.[6][7] It borders Germany and the Dollart.

Population centres

Oldambt includes the following places:

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oldambt, 2013.

The first mayor of the municipality is Martin Zijlstra[8] The current mayor is Pieter Smit

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2010" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2010]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 31 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ "Samenstelling college van B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Oldambt. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  3. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9671CD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Gemeente Oldambt welluidend van start". Dagblad van het noorden. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Eerste Kamer stemt in met vijf gemeentelijke herindelingen". Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 
  8. ↑ Jacob Hesseling (3 December 2009). "Martin Zijlstra: eerste burgemeester Oldambt". Dagblad van het noorden. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 

Further reading on the period 1500-1900 see Daniel R. Curtis, 'The impact of land accumulation and consolidation on population trends in the pre-industrial period: two contrasting cases in the Low Countries', http://www.academia.edu/1933240/The_impact_of_land_accumulation_and_consolidation_on_population_trends_in_the_pre-industrial_period_two_contrasting_cases_in_the_Low_Countries

External links

 Slochteren Delfzijl Emden (DE-NI), Jemgum (DE-NI)
Dollart
Menterwolde Westerwoldse Aa / Bunde (DE-NI)
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Pekela Bellingwedde
   Municipalities of Groningen
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