Montferland

Montferland
Montferland
	Municipality
	Looking towards the Montferland hills
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°56′N 6°8′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Established	1 January 2005[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Peter de Baat (VVD)
Area [3]
• Total	106.63 km2 (41.17 sq mi)
• Land	105.68 km2 (40.80 sq mi)
• Water	0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	13 m (43 ft)
Population (January 2019)[5]
• Total	36,026
• Density	341/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6940–6942, 7035–7048
Area code	0314, 0316
Website	www.montferland.info

Montferland (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.

Topographic map of Montferland (June 2015)

Population centres

Formerly part of Bergh municipality:

Azewijn
Beek
Braamt
Kilder
Lengel
Loerbeek
's-Heerenberg
Stokkum
Vethuizen
Wijnbergen
Zeddam

Formerly part of Didam municipality:

Didam
Greffelkamp
Holthuizen
Loil
Nieuw-Dijk
Oud-Dijk

Gallery

St Martin's church in Beek
Didam church
Kilder church
Huis Bergh castle in
's-Heerenberg
Düffels Möl in Stokkum
Windmill in Zeddam village

Notable people

Sculpture of Mechteld ten Ham

Willem IV van den Bergh (1537 in 's-Heerenberg – 1586) Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen
Herman van den Bergh (1558 in 's-Heerenberg – 1611) a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War
Mechteld ten Ham (died 25 July 1605) an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg
Everard Ter Laak (1868 in Didam - 1931) a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary in China
Jozef Rulof (1898 in 's-Heerenberg – 1952) a Dutch author and psychic and trance medium or spirit medium
Jos Som (born 1951 in Didam) a Dutch politician deputy Mayor of Didam
Ernie Brandts (born 1956 in Nieuw-Dijk) a Dutch football manager and former player with 452 club caps
Geert-Jan Derksen (born 1975 in Didam) a Dutch rower, silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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References

"Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2005" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2005]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
"Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Montferland. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 6942GK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

Media related to Montferland at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[1] "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2005" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2005]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[mayor_now-2] "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Montferland. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[3] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[AHN-4] "Postcodetool for 6942GK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[5] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.