Pekela
Pekela | |
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Municipality | |
 Bridge in Oude Pekela | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pekela (green) in the province of Groningen (dark grey) in the Netherlands (light grey) | |
| Coordinates: 53°6′N 7°0′E / 53.100°N 7.000°ECoordinates: 53°6′N 7°0′E / 53.100°N 7.000°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | (acting) (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.20 km2 (19.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 49.04 km2 (18.93 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (January 2019)[4] | |
| • Total | 12,214 |
| • Density | 249/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 9662–9669 |
| Area code | 0597 |
| Website | www |
Pekela (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːkəlaː] (
listen)) is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.
History[]
The municipality of Pekela was created when the municipalities of Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged in 1990.
Geography[]
Pekela is located at 53°6′N 7°0′E / 53.100°N 7.000°E in the southeast of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is bordered by the municipalities of:
- Oldambt (in the north)
- Bellingwedde (east)
- Stadskanaal (south)
- Veendam (west)
- Menterwolde (northwest).
The river crosses the municipality from north to south. The main population centres in the municipality are the villages of (Upper Pekela), Nieuwe Pekela (New Pekela), and Oude Pekela (Old Pekela). Part of the village of Alteveer and the hamlets of and are also in the municipality.
The municipality has a total area of 50.20 km2 (19.38 sq mi), of which 49.04 km2 (18.93 sq mi) is land and 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi) is water.[2]
Governance[]
The acting mayor (burgemeester) of Pekela is of the Labour Party.[1] The municipal council of Pekela consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:
| Municipality seats | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| PvdA | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| GroenLinks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| CDA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| SP | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| ChristenUnie | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Samen Voor Pekela | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| VCP | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
Demographics[]
In 2019, the municipality had a total population of 12,214 and a population density of 249/km2 (640/sq mi).[4]
Notable people[]
- Jan de Boer (1859 in Nieuwe Pekela – 1941) a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff (born 1952 in Nieuwe Pekela) a Dutch farmer and politician
- Gerard Wiekens (born 1973 in Oude Pekela) a Dutch former footballer with 518 club caps who played for SC Veendam and Manchester City F.C.
Gallery[]
Villa Elsa, Clockstraat, Oude Pekela
Art project "Geveltjes viadukt" in Nieuwe Pekela
Het Dokhuis, a retirement home in Oude Pekela
Pekelder Windmill "De Onrust" in Oude Pekela
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Pekela. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9665JD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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