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Dongen | |
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| Street through Dongen Street through Dongen | |
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| Highlighted position of Dongen in a municipal map of North Brabant Location in North Brabant | |
| Coordinates: 51°38′N 4°56′E / 51.633°N 4.933°ECoordinates: 51°38′N 4°56′E / 51.633°N 4.933°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Hans Slagboom (Template:Polparty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Demonym(s) | Dongenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5100–5109 |
| Area code | 0162 |
| Website | www |
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Dongen (nl) is a municipality and village in North Brabant, in the southern Netherlands. It formerly had a profitable leather industry, and a few shoe factories in the town's older sections remain. The town is near a small river called the Donge, the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts automobile was built here in 1899.
Population centres
- Dongen (population: 22,270)
- 's Gravenmoer (2,220)
- Vaart (500)
- Klein-Dongen (220)
Topography
Map of the municipality of Dongen, June 2015
Politics
The municipal council consists of 21 members. The composition of the council since 2002 is below:
| Seats municipal council | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | 2026 | ||||||||
| People's Party Dongen | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| CDA | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| D66 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Labour Party, (PvdA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||
| Democratic Podium | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||
| SP | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Dongen Party for Elderly | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||
| Total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21[5] | 21[6] | 21[7] | ||||||||
Notable residents
- Theodorus Marinus Roest (1832–1898) a numismatist and conservator of the Teylers Museum
- Laurens van Kuik (1889 in 's Gravenmoer–1963) a teacher and then an autodidact painter.
- Karel Willemen (born 1967) a Dutch designer, contributed to the fantasy-themed amusement park Efteling
- Kelly van Zon (born 1987) a table tennis player
- Nadine Broersen (born 1990) a track-and-field athlete in the heptathlon and high jump
- Anne Haast (born 1993) chess player, Woman Grandmaster
- Job van Uitert (born 1998) racing driver
- Ward van der Harst (born 1988), Dutch EDM producer and DJ, half of W&W
Gallery
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Dongen - Hoge Ham
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Dongen, Kerkstraat, Kunstpodium
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Donge River
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Supermarket in 's Gravenmoer
References
- ↑ "Hallo Hans" (in Dutch). Gemeente Dongen. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 5104JJ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ "Dongen municipal election 2018". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ↑ "Dongen municipal election 2022". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ↑ "Dongen municipal election 2026". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 18 March 2026. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Dongen at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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