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Helmond
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°40′E / 51.483°N 5.667°E / 51.483; 5.667Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°40′E / 51.483°N 5.667°E / 51.483; 5.667
Country	Netherlands
Major	Fons Jacobs (CDA)
Area(2006)
• Total	54.56 km2 (21.07 sq mi)
• Land	53.20 km2 (20.54 sq mi)
• Water	1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	88,598
• Density	1,668/km2 (4,320/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Helmond ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.

[edit] Quarters and Neighbourhoods ^[1]

• Quarter 11 Inner City
  • Neighbourhood 0 Centrum
  • Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus
  • Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort
  • Neighbourhood 4 Stationsgebied
  • Neighbourhood 5 Vossenberg
  • Neighbourhood 6 Annabuurt en Suytkade
  • Neighbourhood 7 Steenweg en omgeving
• Quarter 11 Helmond-East
  • Neighbourhood 0 Beisterveld
  • Neighbourhood 1 Beisterveldse Broek
  • Neighbourhood 2 Straakven
• Quarter 12 Helmond-North
  • Neighbourhood 0 Bloemvelden
  • Neighbourhood 1 Binderen
  • Neighbourhood 2 Eeuwsels
• Quarter 13 Mierlo-Hout
  • Neighbourhood 0 't Hout-Centrum
  • Neighbourhood 1 Kroon
  • Neighbourhood 2 Akkers
  • Neighbourhood 3 Gansenwinkel
  • Neighbourhood 9 Groot Goor
• Quarter 14 Brouwhuis
  • Neighbourhood 0 Brouwhuis-Dorp
  • Neighbourhood 1 Brouwhuis-West
  • Neighbourhood 2 Brouwhuis-Oost
  • Neighbourhood 4 Brouwhorst
  • Neighbourhood 9 Kloostereind
• Quarter 15 Helmond-West
  • Neighbourhood 0 West
  • Neighbourhood 1 Houtsdonk
• Quarter 16 Warande
  • Neighbourhood 0 Oranjebuurt
  • Neighbourhood 1 Zwanenbeemd
  • Neighbourhood 9 Overbrug
• Quarter 17 Stiphout
  • Neighbourhood 0 Stiphout-Dorp
  • Neighbourhood 1 Schooten
  • Neighbourhood 9 Geeneind
• Quarter 18 Rijpelberg
  • Neighbourhood 1 Rijpelberg-Oost
  • Neighbourhood 2 Rijpelberg-West
  • Neighbourhood 9 Berkendonk
• Quarter 19 Dierdonk
  • Neighbourhood 0 Kern Dierdonk
  • Neighbourhood 9 Scheepstal
• Quarter 21 Brandevoort
  • Neighbourhood 1 De Veste
  • Neighbourhood 2 Schutsboom
  • Neighbourhood 3 Stepekolk
  • Neighbourhood 4 Berenbroek
• Quarter 29 Industrial park-South
  • Neighbourhood 1 Hoogeind
  • Neighbourhood 2 B.Z.O.B.

The city of Helmond [link]

First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rights in approximately 1232. The centre of Helmond has a castle which was built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350. Helmond has many textile companies. The Vlisco^[2] factory is located next to the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal which runs through the city.

Helmond is home of the professional football team of Helmond Sport.

Transportation [link]

Railway stations: Helmond, Helmond Brouwhuis, Helmond Brandevoort, Helmond 't Hout

Politics and Government [link]

Municipal council [link]

The municipal council consists of 37 seats. Below the council since 1998:

• The political parties SDH-OH, Helmondse Belangen, and D66 form 1 parliamentary group in the council, but took part in the elections separately. In the elections they received 4, 2 and 2 seats respectively.

Representatives of the blue colored parliamentary groups form the executive coalition.

Board of executives [link]

The board of executives (College van burgemeester en wethouders in Dutch) for 2010-2014 consists of a coalition of SDOH-D66-HB (2 Municipal Executives), CDA (Mayor and 2 Municipal Executives), and VVD (1 Municipal Executive). After elections the parties SDH-OH, CDA, VVD, D66 en Helmondse Belangen reached an agreement to form a right wing coalition. Because CDA would get 2 Municipal Executives, only 3 positions where open, but there were 4 parties left in the coalition. It was decided to merge the parliamentary groups of SDH-OH, D66 and Helmondse Belangen into one group named SDOH-D66-HB. The combination received 2 Municipal Executives, of which one (P.G.M. Tielemans) is a SDH-OH-member and one (J.B.C.W. van den Heuvel) a D66 member. The parliamentary group leader of Helmondse Belangen, Berry Smits, became Parliamentary group leader of the combined group. This way the board holds a 20 of the 37 seats majority in the municipal council.

The current board is:^[3]

• A.A.M. (Fons) Jacobs (CDA) (Mayor)
• F.P.C.J.G. Stienen (CDA)
• A.J. van Mierlo (VVD)
• J.B.C.W. van den Heuvel (SDOH-D66-HB)
• P.G.M. Tielemans (SDOH-D66-HB)
• M.M. de Leeuw-Jongejans (CDA)

Notable people born in Helmond [link]

See also People from Helmond

• Theo Adriaans (1934-2008) caféhouder
• Franz Jozef Van Beeck (1930) – author and theologian
• Lisette Sevens (1949) – field hockey player
• René and Willy van de Kerkhof (1951) – football (soccer) players and twins
• Fieke Boekhorst (1957) – field hockey player
• Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (1959) - politician and former banking manager
• Berry van Aerle (1962) – football (soccer) player
• Harry van Bommel (1962) – politician
• Diana van Berlo (1966) - former member of disco/pop girl group Luv'
• Stochelo Rosenberg (1968) – Gypsy Jazz performer
• M. H. Benders (1971) – poet
• Wilfred Bouma (1978) – football (soccer) player
• Nieky Holzken (1983) – thaiboxer
• Anthonius Konings (1821) Redemptionist Professor
• Joseph de Kroon - Liquid'Ret - Professional StarCraft Player
• Kane Jacobs (1992) – Eindbaas

Twin towns - sister cities [link]

Helmond is twinned with:

• Zielona Góra in Poland (since 1993) ^[4]

References [link]

Notes

External links [link]

• (Dutch) Official Website
• Vlisco

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