Berkelland Explained

Berkelland
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Berkelland in a municipal map of Gelderland
Coordinates:52.1167°N 38°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gelderland
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1 January 2005[1]
Government Footnotes:[2]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:VVD
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Joost van Oostrum
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Elevation M:16
Elevation Max Footnotes:[4]
Elevation Max M:35
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:7150–7165, 7260–7261, 7270–7275
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0544, 0545, 0573

Berkelland (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈbɛrkəlɑnt/) is a municipality in the Netherlands province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the merger of the former municipalities of Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. The new municipality was named after the Berkel, a small river.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Berkelland, June 2015.

Government

The Eibergen community houses the interception station of the Nationale SIGINT Organisatie.[5]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2005 . Municipal divisions on 1 January 2005 . nl . cbs.nl . . 19 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Burgemeester . Mayor . nl . Gemeente Berkelland . 19 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718145509/http://www.gemeenteberkelland.nl/Bestuur_en_beleid/Burgemeester . 18 July 2014 .
  3. Web site: Postcodetool for 7271AX . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 19 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Berkelland landschap . Natuurlijk Achterhoek . 27 August 2020.
  5. "Nationale SIGINT Organisatie." (Archive) Ministry of Defence. Retrieved on 13 June 2013.
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2883174/ IMDb Database