Tubbergen
Encyclopedia
Tubbergen is a municipality
and a town in the eastern Netherlands
.
, Fleringen
, Geesteren, Haarle, Harbrinkhoek, Hezingen, Langeveen, Mander, Manderveen, Mariaparochie
, Reutum, Tubbergen and Vasse.
voters (66,59%)
, Tubbergen has the lowest crime rate of all municipalities in the Netherlands. According to the mayor, this is primarily because there exists a strong sense of community in Tubbergen.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a town in the eastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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Population centres
AlbergenAlbergen
Albergen is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Tubbergen, and lies about 7 km east of Almelo.In 2001, the town of Albergen had 1990 inhabitants...
, Fleringen
Fleringen
Fleringen is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Tubbergen, and lies about 10 km east of Almelo.In 2001, the village of Fleringen had 392 inhabitants...
, Geesteren, Haarle, Harbrinkhoek, Hezingen, Langeveen, Mander, Manderveen, Mariaparochie
Mariaparochie
Mariaparochie is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Tubbergen, and lies about 4 km northeast of Almelo.In 2001, the town of Mariaparochie had 281 inhabitants...
, Reutum, Tubbergen and Vasse.
Religion
Tubbergen can be characterised as the most Roman Catholic municipality in the Netherlands. Church attendance at regular Sundays is substantial. The municipality has a high birth rate and the lowest divorce rate in the Netherlands. Politically, the Catholic nature of the municipality is expressed by Tubbergen having the largest share of CDAChristian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
voters (66,59%)
2009 crime survey
According to the 2009 survey by the Algemeen DagbladAlgemeen Dagblad
The Algemeen Dagblad is a Dutch newspaper. Founded in Rotterdam in 1946, it currently has a daily circulation of 315,000. The newspaper is owned by AD NieuwsMedia, a joint venture between Wegener and PCM Uitgevers....
, Tubbergen has the lowest crime rate of all municipalities in the Netherlands. According to the mayor, this is primarily because there exists a strong sense of community in Tubbergen.