Eemnes

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Eemnes


mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Utrecht
leader_name = B. Teisman
leader_party = VVD
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 33.67
area_land_km2 = 31.03
area_water_km2 = 2.64
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 8899
population_density_km2 = 287
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52.25
latNS = N
longd = 5.27
longEW = E
website = [http://www.eemnes.nl www.eemnes.nl]

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The town of Eemnes

Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen ("Inner Eemnes") and Eemnes-Buiten ("Outer Eemnes"). These names referred to the location of the villages with respect to the dyke of the river Eem.

Eemnes-Buiten received city rights in 1345; Eemnes-Binnen was granted city rights in 1439.

Pools

Until 1932, when the Afsluitdijk sealed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea, the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called "waaien" or "wielen". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make the effort of filling them up. Because they symbolize man's battle against the sea and are relatively rare, provincial authorities designated them "geological monuments" in June 2005. [Marlet, George (June 23, 2005). "Pareltjes in het landschap van de Eem". Trouw (newspaper), p. 7.]

References

* Statistics are taken from the [http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gem139u.htm SDU Staatscourant]

External links

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