Reiderland

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Reiderland

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Groningen
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 156.72
area_land_km2 = 98.55
area_water_km2 = 58.16
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 7004
population_density_km2 = 71
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Reiderland (Pronunciation|016 Reiderland.ogg) is a municipality in the province Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands, which was founded in 1990 during a large municipal reorganization. The former municipalities Finsterwolde and Nieuweschans were abolished and added to Beerta. In 1992, the new municipality was given its current name.

It is one of the only four municipalities in the Netherlands that have communist councillors (the other three are Heiloo, Scheemda and Lemsterland). In the 2002 municipal elections the New Communist Party of the Netherlands became the largest party in Reiderland (44%) with five council members of thirteen. Since the NCPN was the largest faction in the council, the party also had members Court of Mayor and the Aldermen, together with a local party.

In the 2006 elections NCPN lost 3 of their 5 seats (2 to PvdA and 1 to SP). In total NCPN got 18.3% of the votes.

Population centers

Beersterhoogen, Beerta, Booneschans, Drieborg, Ekamp, Finsterwolde, Finsterwolderhamrik, Ganzedijk, Goldhoorn, Hamdijk, Hongerige Wolf, Kostverloren, Kromme-Elleboog, Nieuw-Beerta, Nieuwe Statenzijl, Nieuweschans, Oude Statenzijl, Oudedijk, Oudezijl and Ulsda.

The old Reiderland

Reiderland is also the name of an area of land in the Netherlands and Germany that was drowned with 33 villages and a town in 1277 when the Dollart inlet formed. Much of the area has been re-empoldered since. See List of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands#Drowned villages in Groningen province.

External links

* [http://www.reiderland.nl/ Official website]