Stichtse Vecht

Stichtse Vecht
—  Municipality  —
View of Maarssen
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°9′N 5°3′E / 52.150°N 5.050°E / 52.150; 5.050Coordinates: 52°9′N 5°3′E / 52.150°N 5.050°E / 52.150; 5.050
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Region	Vechtstreek
Government
• Mayor	Mirjam van 't Veld (CDA)
Area(2011)
• Total	106.83 km2 (41.25 sq mi)
• Land	96.64 km2 (37.31 sq mi)
• Water	10.19 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population (1 April 2011)
• Total	62,995
• Density	652/km2 (1,690/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.stichtsevecht.nl

Stichtse Vecht is a municipality of the Netherlands and lies in the northwestern part of the province of Utrecht.

The municipality has about 63,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 107 km².

Stichtse Vecht has been newly formed by a merger of the municipalities of Breukelen (in the west), Maarssen (in the east) and Loenen (in the north) on January 1, 2011.^[1]

Geography [edit]

Stichtse Vecht is situated north of the city of Utrecht, in an area called the Vechtstreek. It is located below sea level and mostly a rural area with lots of pastures.

Within its boundaries lay the Maarsseveense Plassen, which are recreational lakes. Northeast it borders the Loosdrechtse Plassen, also recreational lakes, which lay in neighbouring municipality of Wijdemeren.

The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal and the river Vecht crosses the municipality from south to north.

History [edit]

The municipality contains many stately homes (buitenplaatsen) and several castles, like Nijenrode Castle, Slot Zuylen and Huis te Mijnden.

Transportation [edit]

The A2 motorway crosses the municipality from south to north.

There are two railway stations:

• Breukelen railway station
• Maarssen railway station

Population centers [edit]

Nijenrode Castle in Breukelen

View of Breukelen

Politics [edit]

Municipal council [edit]

The municipal council consists of the following parties:^[2]

Executive board [edit]

VVD, CDA, D66, ChristenUnie-SGP, Streekbelangen and Het Vechtse Verbond have formed a coalition. Together they have 22 seats. Members of the executive board are:^[3]

Mayor:

• Mirjam van 't Veld (CDA, interim)

Aldermen:

• Pieter de Groene (D66)
• Gera Helling-Zeisseink (CDA)
• Vital van der Horst (Streekbelangen)
• Piet Ploeg (VVD)
• Jaap Verkroost (CDA)
• Klaas Wiersema (VVD)

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stichtse Vecht

• (Dutch) Official website

		Weesp (NH)
	De Ronde Venen		Wijdemeren (NH)
		Stichtse Vecht
	Woerden	Utrecht	De Bilt

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