Editing Heerde

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Heerde
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Heerde3.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Heerde town hall
| image_flag              = Flag of Heerde.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Heerde.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0246 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Heerde in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|23|N|6|3|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       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = 
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Democrats 66|D66]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Olaf Prinsen
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Heerde}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Heerde}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Heerde}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 8181JE 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=7 July 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 7
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<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Heerde}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Heerde}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Heerdenaar, Heerder
<!-- Other information -->
| 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             = 8180–8194
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 038, 0578
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.heerde.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Heerde''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦeːrdə|-|089 Heerde.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Gelderland]], 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 centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* Heerde
* Hoorn
*[[Veessen]]
* Vorchten
*[[Wapenveld]]
}}
== Politics ==
The Heerde municipal council consists of 17 seats, which since the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal elections]] have been divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Heerde municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731308|access-date=21 April 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 4 seats
* Municipal Interest Farmers Party, Heerde - 4 seats 
* [[ChristianUnion|CU]]-[[Reformed Political Party|SGP]] - 3 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 2 seats
* [[Democrats 66|D66]]-[[GroenLinks|GL]] - 2 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 2 seats

== Sport ==
The municipality has five amateur soccer clubs: vv Heerde,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vvheerde.net/news.php |title=Nieuws |access-date=2007-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101200932/http://www.vvheerde.net/news.php |archive-date=2007-01-01 }}</ref> SEH, WZC Wapenveld, vv Wapenveld and Vevo.

== Topography ==
[[File:Gem-Heerde-OpenTopo.jpg|450px|]]<br />
''Map of the municipality of Heerde, June 2015.''

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Daan de Clercq BWSA.jpg|125px|thumb|Daan de Clercq]]
* [[Daniël de Clercq]] (1854 in Heerde – 1931) a Dutch socialist and activist
* [[Hendrik Jan van Duren]] (1937 in Heerde – 2008) a Dutch politician. 
* [[Marijke Abels]] (born 1948 in [[Deventer]]) a Dutch visual artist, one of her sculptures is at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde
=== Sport ===
* [[Jaap Zielhuis]] (born 1966 in Heerde) a Dutch sailor, competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Jacco Eltingh]] (born 1970 in Heerde) a former professional tennis player
* [[Gerard van Velde]] (born 1971 in Wapenveld) a Dutch retired speed skating sprinter, gold medallist in the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] 

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Heerde - Huis Vosbergen - zonnewijzer.jpg|Heerde - Huis Vosbergen - sundial
File:Heerde Rijksmonument 21144 Boerderij Vosbergerweg 37.jpg|Heerde, Farm at Boerderij Vosbergerweg
File:20140723 Wijhese veer over de IJssel.jpg|Wijhese ferry over the [[IJssel]]
File:Overzicht Bonenbergerbrug - Heerde - 20360168 - RCE.jpg|Apeldoorn Canal: view at Bonenbergerbrug - Heerde
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Heerde
 | North     = [[Hattem]]
 | Northeast = [[Zwolle]] ([[Overijssel|OV]])
 | East      = [[Olst-Wijhe]] ([[Overijssel|OV]])
 | South     = [[Epe, Netherlands|Epe]]
 | West      = [[Oldebroek]]
}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Heerde| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]


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