Editing Eemnes

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name = Eemnes
| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline = Zicht op Eemnes3.jpg
| image_alt = 
| image_caption = Church in Eemnes
| image_flag = Eemnes vlag.svg
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| map_alt = Highlighted position of Eemnes in a municipal map of Utrecht
| map_caption = Location in Utrecht
| coordinates = {{coord|52|15|N|5|15|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.eemnes.nl/eemnes/college/samenstellingcollege/burgemeester/id_514728
 |title       = Roland van Benthem
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Eemnes
 |access-date  = 7 April 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927032525/http://www.eemnes.nl/eemnes/college/samenstellingcollege/burgemeester/id_514728
 |archive-date = 27 September 2011
}}</ref>
| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party = [[VVD]]
| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name = Roland van Benthem
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| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Eemnes}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Eemnes}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 3755AZ
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 7 April 2014}}</ref>
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code = 3755
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code = 035
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.eemnes.nl}}
| footnotes = 
}}
'''Eemnes''' ({{IPA|nl|eːmˈnɛs|-|Nl-Eemnes.ogg}}) is a municipality and a village in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]].

== The town of Eemnes ==

Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen ("Inner Eemnes") and Eemnes-Buiten ("Outer Eemnes"). These names referred to the location of the villages with respect to the dyke of the river [[Eem]].

Eemnes-Buiten received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1345; Eemnes-Binnen was granted city rights in 1439.

[[File:Gem-Eemnes-OpenTopo.jpg|450px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Eemnes, June 2015''

== Pools ==
Until 1932, when the [[Afsluitdijk]] sealed off the Zuiderzee from the [[North Sea]], the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called "''waaien''" or "''wielen''". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make the effort of filling them up. Because they symbolize man's battle against the sea and are relatively rare, provincial authorities designated them "geological monuments" in June 2005.<ref>Marlet, George (June 23, 2005). ''Pareltjes in het landschap van de Eem''. Trouw (newspaper), p. 7.</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis]] (1916 in Eemnes – 2002) was a Dutch [[Oriental studies|orientalist]] and [[Indologist]] 
* [[Roland van Benthem]] (born 1968 in Emmeloord) a Dutch politician and is the current mayor of Eemnes since 2005.

== Notable events ==
* 14 December 1917: [[C.26|Coastal class airship C.26 crash]]

== Notable Places ==
* Het Huis Van Eemnes (a big building where there are gymnasiums that the local schools use, and also where a lot of events happen.
* De Minnhof (basically just where most of the shops are including the [[Lidl]] and the [[PLUS (Dutch supermarket)|Plus]](former Coop).
* De Eemnesser Polder (the [[polder]] of Eemnes, it makes up abot 80-90% of Eemnes and can look really cool when there is mist for example.

== Fun Facts ==
* Eemnes is the most reachable town/city in The Netherlands according to [[VPRO]] in the program Nederland van boven

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
Image:Church eemnes NL.jpg|Church in Eemnes-Binnen
File:Eemnesservaart vanaf Eemnessersluis.jpg|Eemnesservaart vanaf Eemnessersluis
File:Characteristic old Dutch houses at the center of Eemnes makes biking enjoyable - panoramio.jpg|Characteristic old Dutch houses at the center of Eemnes
File:Samenwerking.JPG|Samenwerking
File:Eemnes Wakkerendijk 120.JPG|Eemnes Wakkerendijk
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.eemnes.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Eemnes
 | Northeast = ''[[Gooimeer]]'' / [[Zeewolde]] ([[Flevoland|FL]])
 | East      = [[Bunschoten]]
 | South     = [[Baarn]]
 | West      = [[Laren, North Holland|Laren]] ([[North Holland|NH]])
 | Northwest = [[Blaricum]] ([[North Holland|NH]])
}}
{{Utrecht Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Eemnes| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Utrecht (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Utrecht (province)]]