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==The city of Ommen==

===Location, economy and infrastructure===
[[File:Regge.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Regge River|Regge]] near Eerde]]

Ommen lies {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=off}} east of the provincial capital of [[Zwolle]] and {{convert|35|km|mi}} north-east of fellow [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic city]] [[Deventer]].  It lies on the north bank of the [[Vechte|Vecht]] river, not far from where the [[Regge River|Regge river]] merges with this stream. Only smaller ships and yachts can use these waterways.

Because Ommen is a rural municipality, [[tourism]] and [[agriculture]] are the pillars of the local economy. The forests and hilly [[Heath (habitat)|heathland]]s of Ommen attract many nature-seeking visitors.{{fact|date=March 2019}} The city of Ommen has several hotels and in the surrounding area there are fifteen campgrounds. [[Gilwell Ada's Hoeve]] on the left bank of the Vecht was the first Scouting campground in the Netherlands. Ommen also has a small [[marina]].

Since 15 January 1903, Ommen has had a [[Ommen railway station|railway station]] designed by [[Eduard Cuypers]]. It is situated one kilometre ({{convert|1|km|1|abbr=off|disp=output only}}) from the centre on the opposite side of the [[Vechte|Vecht]]. The station is on the (minor) [[Zwolle]]-[[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]] line and trains stop roughly twice an hour. Ommen also used to have direct railway links to [[Stadskanaal]] and to [[Deventer]] via [[Raalte]], which were abandoned when they lost their importance due to the emergence of the [[automobile]]. Early plans to establish railway lines from Ommen to [[Hoogeveen]] and to [[Hellendoorn]] were abandoned for that same reason.

An important infrastructural problem is the [[Provincial road N34 (Netherlands)|N34]] road from [[Zwolle]] via [[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]] to [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], which crosses the city of Ommen. One of its main crossroads, near the Vecht bridge is a [[Bottleneck (traffic)|bottleneck]] that causes frequent traffic congestion. The government is rerouting the N34 road north of the city, in order to reduce crosstown traffic.

===Local politics===
The current [[burgemeester|mayor]] of Ommen is Hans Vroomen. He started his tenure on December 18, 2017

The last municipal elections were in March 2022. The seventeen seats in Ommen's municipal council are divided as follows:
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*Local Party Ommen (LPO): 4 seats
*[[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]: 4 seats
*People's party Ommen Forward (VOV): 3 seats
*[[ChristianUnion]]: 3 seats
*[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]: 1 seat
*[[Democraten 66|D66]]: 1 seat
*[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]: 1 seat
}}