Helmond
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Helmond is a municipality
and a city in the province of North Brabant
in the southern Netherlands
.
in approximately 1232.
The centre of Helmond has a castle which was built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350.
Helmond has many textile companies. The Vlisco factory is located next to the Zuid-Willemsvaart
canal which runs through the city.
Helmond is home of the professional football
team of Helmond Sport
.
, Helmond Brouwhuis
, Helmond Brandevoort
, Helmond 't Hout
Representatives of the blue colored parliamentary groups form the executive coalition.
in Dutch) for 2010-2014 consists of a coalition of SDOH-D66-HB (2 Municipal Executives), CDA (Mayor and 2 Municipal Executives), and VVD (1 Municipal Executive). After elections the parties SDH-OH, CDA, VVD, D66 en Helmondse Belangen reached an agreement to form a right wing coalition. Because CDA would get 2 Municipal Executives, only 3 positions where open, but there were 4 parties left in the coalition. It was decided to merge the parliamentary groups of SDH-OH, D66 and Helmondse Belangen into one group named SDOH-D66-HB. The combination received 2 Municipal Executives, of which one (P.G.M. Tielemans) is a SDH-OH-member and one (J.B.C.W. van den Heuvel) a D66 member. The parliamentary group leader
of Helmondse Belangen, Berry Smits, became Parliamentary group leader of the combined group. This way the board holds a 20 of the 37 seats majority in the municipal council.
The current board is:
with:
Zielona Góra
in Poland
(since 1993)
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a city in the province of North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
in the southern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
Quarters and Neighbourhoods
- Quarter 11 Inner CityInner CityInner City is an American house and techno group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1987. The group is composed of the record producer and composer Kevin Saunderson and the Chicago, Illinois native Paris Grey...
- Neighbourhood 0 Centrum
- Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus
- Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort
- Neighbourhood 4 Stationsgebied
- Neighbourhood 5 Vossenberg
- Neighbourhood 6 Annabuurt en Suytkade
- Neighbourhood 7 Steenweg en omgeving
- Quarter 11 Helmond-East
- Neighbourhood 0 Beisterveld
- Neighbourhood 1 Beisterveldse Broek
- Neighbourhood 2 Straakven
- Quarter 12 Helmond-North
- Neighbourhood 0 Bloemvelden
- Neighbourhood 1 Binderen
- Neighbourhood 2 Eeuwsels
- Quarter 13 Mierlo-Hout
- Neighbourhood 0 't Hout-Centrum
- Neighbourhood 1 Kroon
- Neighbourhood 2 Akkers
- Neighbourhood 3 Gansenwinkel
- Neighbourhood 9 Groot Goor
- Quarter 14 Brouwhuis
- Neighbourhood 0 Brouwhuis-Dorp
- Neighbourhood 1 Brouwhuis-West
- Neighbourhood 2 Brouwhuis-Oost
- Neighbourhood 4 Brouwhorst
- Neighbourhood 9 Kloostereind
- Quarter 15 Helmond-West
- Neighbourhood 0 West
- Neighbourhood 1 Houtsdonk
- Quarter 16 Warande
- Neighbourhood 0 Oranjebuurt
- Neighbourhood 1 Zwanenbeemd
- Neighbourhood 9 Overbrug
- Quarter 17 StiphoutStiphoutStiphout is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Helmond, about 2km west of the centre of that city...
- Neighbourhood 0 Stiphout-Dorp
- Neighbourhood 1 Schooten
- Neighbourhood 9 Geeneind
- Quarter 18 Rijpelberg
- Neighbourhood 1 Rijpelberg-Oost
- Neighbourhood 2 Rijpelberg-West
- Neighbourhood 9 Berkendonk
- Quarter 19 Dierdonk
- Neighbourhood 0 Kern Dierdonk
- Neighbourhood 9 Scheepstal
- Quarter 21 BrandevoortBrandevoortThe district of Brandevoort lies south-west of the city centre of Helmond, between Helmond, Mierlo, Geldrop and Nuenen. This area has been designated by the government as a growth area . Building on this former farm land started around 1997 and will continue until completed or full build-out...
- Neighbourhood 1 De Veste
- Neighbourhood 2 Schutsboom
- Neighbourhood 3 Stepekolk
- Neighbourhood 4 Berenbroek
- Quarter 29 Industrial parkIndustrial parkAn industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development...
-South- Neighbourhood 1 Hoogeind
- Neighbourhood 2 B.Z.O.B.
The city of Helmond
First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rightsCity rights in the Netherlands
City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....
in approximately 1232.
The centre of Helmond has a castle which was built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350.
Helmond has many textile companies. The Vlisco factory is located next to the Zuid-Willemsvaart
Zuid-Willemsvaart
The Zuid-Willemsvaart is a canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a shortcut in river Meuse between the cities of Maastricht and 's-Hertogenbosch...
canal which runs through the city.
Helmond is home of the professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team of Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...
.
Transportation
Railway stations: HelmondHelmond railway station
Helmond is the main railway station in Helmond, The Netherlands. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway. The station has 2 platforms...
, Helmond Brouwhuis
Helmond Brouwhuis railway station
Helmond Brouwhuis is a railway station in Brouwhuis a housing area of Helmond, The Netherlands. The station opened in 1987 and is on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway. The station has 2 platforms...
, Helmond Brandevoort
Helmond Brandevoort railway station
Helmond Brandevoort is a railway station in Brandevoort near Helmond, The Netherlands. The station opened on 10 December 2006 and is on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway. The building work was not completed and finally finished on 15 June 2007....
, Helmond 't Hout
Helmond 't Hout railway station
Helmond 't Hout is a railway station in Mierlo-Hout near Helmond, The Netherlands. The station opened in 1992 and is on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway. The station has 2 platforms. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.-Webcam:...
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 37 seats. Below the council since 1998:| Seats | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partij | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| PvdA | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| CDA | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| SDH-OH | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| VVD | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| SP | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Helmondse Belangen | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| GroenLinks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Senioren | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| D66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Helder Helmond | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Helmond Aktief | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Trots op Nederland | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||
| SDOH-D66-HB* | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |||||||||||
- The political parties SDH-OH, Helmondse Belangen, and D66 form 1 parliamentary group in the council, but took part in the elections separately. In the elections they received 4, 2 and 2 seats respectively.
Representatives of the blue colored parliamentary groups form the executive coalition.
Board of executives
The board of executives (College van burgemeester en wethoudersCollege van Burgemeester en Wethouders
The college van burgemeester en wethouders is the executive board of a municipality in the Netherlands. This local government body plays a central role in municipal politics in the Netherlands. It consists of the mayor and the members of the municipal executive...
in Dutch) for 2010-2014 consists of a coalition of SDOH-D66-HB (2 Municipal Executives), CDA (Mayor and 2 Municipal Executives), and VVD (1 Municipal Executive). After elections the parties SDH-OH, CDA, VVD, D66 en Helmondse Belangen reached an agreement to form a right wing coalition. Because CDA would get 2 Municipal Executives, only 3 positions where open, but there were 4 parties left in the coalition. It was decided to merge the parliamentary groups of SDH-OH, D66 and Helmondse Belangen into one group named SDOH-D66-HB. The combination received 2 Municipal Executives, of which one (P.G.M. Tielemans) is a SDH-OH-member and one (J.B.C.W. van den Heuvel) a D66 member. The parliamentary group leader
Parliamentary group leader
The leader or chairman of a parliamentary group holds an influential political post in a parliamentary system with strong party discipline...
of Helmondse Belangen, Berry Smits, became Parliamentary group leader of the combined group. This way the board holds a 20 of the 37 seats majority in the municipal council.
The current board is:
- A.A.M. (Fons) Jacobs (CDA) (MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
) - F.P.C.J.G. Stienen (CDA)
- A.J. van Mierlo (VVD)
- J.B.C.W. van den Heuvel (SDOH-D66-HB)
- P.G.M. Tielemans (SDOH-D66-HB)
- M.M. de Leeuw-Jongejans (CDA)
Notable people born in Helmond
- See also People from Helmond
- Franz Jozef Van BeeckFranz Jozef Van BeeckFrans Jozef Van Beeck or Franz Jozef van Beeck, also known as Joep van Beeck , was a Dutch author and Christian theologian who was also a prominent priest of the Society of Jesus....
(1930) – author and theologian - Lisette SevensLisette SevensElisabeth Anthonius Maria Ignatius Sevens is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
(1949) – field hockey player - RenéRené van de KerkhofReinier "René" Lambertus van de Kerkhof is a former Dutch football player, who played for FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven....
and Willy van de KerkhofWilly van de KerkhofWilhelmus "Willy" Antonius van de Kerkhof is a former Dutch footballer.van de Kerkhof and his twin brother René were squad members of the Dutch national team that made the World Cup final in 1974 and became key players in the team that made the 1978 final...
(1951) – football (soccer) players and twins - Fieke BoekhorstFieke BoekhorstJosephine Francisca Maria Boekhorst-Van Griensven is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 116 international matches for the Netherlands, in which she scored 128 goals...
(1957) – field hockey player - Elly Blanksma-van den HeuvelElly Blanksma-van den HeuvelPetronella Johanna Maria Godefrida Blanksma-van den Heuvel is a Dutch politician and former banking manager...
(1959) - politician and former banking manager - Berry van Aerle (1962) – football (soccer) player
- Harry van BommelHarry van BommelHenricus van Bommel is a Dutch politician, anti-globalization activist and former educator. As a member of the Socialist Party he has been an MP since May 19, 1998...
(1962) – politician - Diana van BerloDiana van BerloDiana van Berlo is a Dutch pop female singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1989 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a Dutch and Flemish Top 30 hit with the single Welcome to my party as well as another minor hit song He's My Guy...
(1966) - former member of disco/pop girl group Luv'Luv'Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"... - Stochelo RosenbergStochelo RosenbergStochelo Rosenberg is a Sinti-Gypsy jazz guitarist who plays in the Jazz manouche style of Django Reinhardt and leads the Rosenberg Trio.-With The Rosenberg Trio: -Solo Albums:...
(1968) – Gypsy Jazz performer - M. H. BendersM. H. BendersMartinus Hendrikus Benders is a Dutch poet who currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey. M.H. Benders was one of the first Dutch poets that worked with multimedia on the internet on the now extinct domain kannibaal.nl. Some of these works are still online on his own site...
(1971) – poet - Wilfred BoumaWilfred BoumaWilfred Bouma is a Dutch footballer who plays for PSV Eindhoven. Bouma is a technically refined left back/centre back who is known for his hard working nature, defensive positioning and tackling ability.-Early career:...
(1978) – football (soccer) player - Nieky HolzkenNieky HolzkenNieky "The Natural" Holzken is Dutch welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is two time European Muay Thai champion and K-1 MAX Scandinavia 2006 tournament champion currently competing in K-1 MAX.-Biography and career:Nieky Holzken made his K-1 debut on...
(1983) – thaiboxerMuay ThaiMuay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos... - Anthonius Konings (1821) Redemptionist Professor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Konings
- Franz Jozef Van Beeck
Twin towns - sister cities
Helmond is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with:
Zielona Góra
Zielona Góra
Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....
in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(since 1993)