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Heerde

Heerde
Municipality
Heerde town hall
Heerde town hall
Flag of Heerde
Flag
Coat of arms of Heerde
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Heerde in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°23′N 6°3′E / 52.383°N 6.050°E / 52.383; 6.050Coordinates: 52°23′N 6°3′E / 52.383°N 6.050°E / 52.383; 6.050
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Inez Pijnenburg (VVD)
Area
 • Total 80.42 km2 (31.05 sq mi)
 • Land 78.75 km2 (30.41 sq mi)
 • Water 1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Population (May 2014)
 • Total 18,546
 • Density 236/km2 (610/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Heerdenaar, Heerder
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 8180–8194
Area code 038, 0578
Website www.heerde.nl

Heerde (About this sound pronunciation ) 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.

The municipal council consists of 17 seats, which have been divided as follows since 2014:

The municipality has five amateur soccer clubs: vv Heerde, SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.

Gem-Heerde-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heerde, June 2015.


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