Carel de Villeneuve

Carel Huibert Valchaire de Villeneuve (1897-1974) was a lawyer and director of business associations in colonial Indonesia during the 1920s-1940s, and a public servant and advisor to the Indonesian government on trade policy during the 1950s-1960s.

Early life in The Netherlands

De Villeneuve was born in Lochem (The Netherlands) on 7 July 1897 as the first child of Volkert Huibert de Villeneuve (1866-1938) and Joanna Visser (1868-1953). His father was a district school inspector, but De Villeneuve grew up and attended primary school in the vicinity of Rotterdam after his father became Mayor of Alblasserdam in 1898 and later Mayor of Hillegersberg and Schiebroek. De Villeneuve attended high school at the prestigious Gymnasium Erasmianum in nearby Rotterdam. He interrupted his high school studies for a half-year extended journey through the United States. After finishing high school, De Villeneuve studied law at Leiden University, although his studies were interrupted by military service during World War I. He graduated in 1919 with a Doctorate of Law after defending propositions.

Villeneuve

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Villeneuve, Fribourg

Villeneuve is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Geography

Villeneuve has an area, as of 2009, of 3.5 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.02 km² (0.78 sq mi) or 57.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.21 km² (0.47 sq mi) or 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 32.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 47.6% is used for growing crops and 9.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, Azure three Plates and Or four Bends Gules.

Villeneuve, Vaud

Villeneuve is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.

Geography

Villeneuve has an area, as of 2009, of 32.04 square kilometers (12.37 sq mi). Of this area, 8.56 km² (3.31 sq mi) or 26.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.69 km² (6.83 sq mi) or 55.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.63 km² (1.02 sq mi) or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.17 km² (0.066 sq mi) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 3.08 km² (1.19 sq mi) or 9.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 50.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 22.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 6.7% is unproductive vegetation and 2.9% is too rocky for vegetation.