De Ronde Venen
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De Ronde Venen | |
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| Vinkeveen town centre Vinkeveen town centre | |
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| Highlighted position of De Ronde Venen in a municipal map of Utrecht Location in Utrecht | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′N 4°52′E / 52.200°N 4.867°ECoordinates: 52°12′N 4°52′E / 52.200°N 4.867°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Established | 1 January 1989 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Rosan Kocken (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 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | Parts of 1300, 1400 and 3600 ranges |
| Area code | 0294, 0297 |
| Website | www |
De Ronde Venen (nl; Template:Lit) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Abcoude was amalgamated into De Ronde Venen.
Population centres
[edit]The municipality of De Ronde Venen consists of the villages Abcoude, Amstelhoek, De Hoef, Baambrugge, Mijdrecht, Vinkeveen, Waverveen, and Wilnis, and a number of hamlets, such as Aan de Zuwe, Achterbos, and Stokkelaarsbrug.
Topography
[edit]File:Gem-DeRondeVenen-OpenTopo.jpg
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, June 2015
Notable people
[edit]- Jan van Almeloveen (1656 in Mijdrecht – 1684) a Dutch painter, engraver and draughtsman
- Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (1657 in Mijdrecht – 1712) a Dutch physician and medical editor
- Jan Willem Pieneman (1779 in Abcoude – 1853) a painter
- Werenfried van Straaten (1913 in Mijdrecht – 2003) a Dutch Roman Catholic priest and social activist
- Hans van Vliet (born 1949 in Mijdrecht) a Dutch computer scientist and academic
- Michaël Dudok de Wit (born 1953 in Abcoude) a Dutch animator, director and illustrator [5]
- Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971 in Abcoude) a virtuoso cellist and composer
Sport
[edit]- Jan Grijseels (1890 in Abcoude-Proosdij – 1961) a Dutch track and field athlete, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Gerard Maarse (1929 in Wilnis – 1989) a Dutch speed skater, competed in the 1952 & 1956 Winter Olympics
- Christine Aaftink (born 1966 in Abcoude) a retired speed skater, competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics
- Tom Cordes (born 1966 in Wilnis) a retired Dutch cyclist, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Nicolien Sauerbreij (born 1979 in De Hoef) a Dutch professional snowboarder, competed in the 2002 & 2006 Winter Olympic Games and was a gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Ivo Snijders (born 1980 in Mijdrecht) a rower, competed in the 2004 & 2008 Summer Olympics
Gallery
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Het Oude station van Vinkeveen
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Windmill Wilnis
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Netherlands, Ronde Venen, Kromme Mijdrecht
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Wilnis-Vinkeveen Platform 4, Jan Konings
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The town hall of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, located in Mijdrecht.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Burgemeester Rosan Kocken" [Mayor Rosan Kocken] (in Dutch). Gemeente De Ronde Venen. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 3641AL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 20 September 2019
External links
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Media related to De Ronde Venen at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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