Heerde (gemeente)

Geschiedenis

Heerde is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region.Population centresHeerdeHoornVeessenVorchtenWapenveldPoliticsThe municipal council consists of 17 seats, which have been divided as follows since 2014: CU-SGP - 4 seats CDA - 4 seats Municipal Interest Farmers Party Heerde - 3 seats VVD - 2 seats PvdA - 2 seats D66-GL - 2 seatsSportThe municipality has five amateur soccer clubs: vv Heerde, SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.TopographyDutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heerde, June 2015.Notable residentsJacco Eltingh (born 1970 in Heerde), tennis playerGerard van Velde (born 1971 in Wapenveld), speed skaterToine Rorije (born 1974 in Heerde), football player (played for Go Ahead Eagles and F.C. Groningen)Marijke Abels (born 1948 in Deventer), artist. One of her sculptures appears at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde.