Tubbergen | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Tubbergen in a municipal map of Overijssel |
Coordinates: | 52.4°N 53°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Overijssel |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | No party |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Anko Postma |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Population Demonym: | Tubbergenaar, Tubberger |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 7614–7619, 7650–7669, 7679 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0541, 0546 |
Tubbergen (in Dutch; Flemish tʏˈbɛrɣə(n)/; Tweants: Tubbige) is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.
The following population centres can be found in Tubbergen:
At the 2022 municipal elections, the 19-seat municipal council of Tubbergen was composed as follows.[3]
Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ||||
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) | 3,230 | 29.33 | |||
Gemeentebelangen / VVD (GB/VVD) | 2,972 | 26.98 | |||
Keerpunt22 | 2,180 | 19.79 | |||
Lokaal Sterk | 1,957 | 17.77 | |||
Labour Party (PvdA) | 675 | 6.13 |
The municipality has a high birth rate and the lowest divorce rate in the Netherlands. Politically, Tubbergen has one of the largest shares of Christian Democratic Appeal voters at 61.29% in 2018,[4] although this dropped to 29.33% in 2022.
According to a 2009 survey by the Algemeen Dagblad, Tubbergen has the lowest crime rate of all municipalities in the Netherlands. According to the mayor, this is primarily because of a strong sense of community.