Tubbergen

Tubbergen (Dutch: [tʏˈbɛrɣə(n)] ^ⓘ; Tweants: Tubbige) is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.

Tubbergen Tubbige (Twents)
Municipality
Former city hall of Tubbergen
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Overijssel
Coordinates: 52°24′N 6°47′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Anko Postma (No party)
Area [2]
• Total	147.44 km2 (56.93 sq mi)
• Land	147.00 km2 (56.76 sq mi)
• Water	0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	21,315
• Density	145/km2 (380/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Tubbergenaar, Tubberger
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	7614–7619, 7650–7669, 7679
Area code	0541, 0546
Website	www.tubbergen.nl
Map of the municipality of Tubbergen, June 2015

Geography

The following population centres can be found in Tubbergen:

• Albergen
• Fleringen
• Geesteren
• Haarle [nl]
• Harbrinkhoek
• Hezingen
• Langeveen
• Mander
• Manderveen
• Mariaparochie
• Reutum
• Tubbergen
• Vasse

Politics

At the 2022 municipal elections, the 19-seat municipal council of Tubbergen was composed as follows.^[5]

Party		Popular vote		Seats
		Votes	%
	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)	3,230	29.33	6 / 19
	Gemeentebelangen / VVD (GB/VVD)	2,972	26.98	5 / 19
	Keerpunt22	2,180	19.79	4 / 19
	Lokaal Sterk	1,957	17.77	3 / 19
	Labour Party (PvdA)	675	6.13	1 / 19

Society

The municipality has a high birth rate and the lowest divorce rate in the Netherlands.^{[citation needed]} Politically, Tubbergen has one of the largest shares of Christian Democratic Appeal voters at 61.29% in 2018,^[6] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

C M F von Bönninghausen, ca. 1820

• Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (1785 near Fleringen – 1864) a lawyer, Dutch and Prussian civil servant, agriculturalist, botanist, physician and pioneer in the field of homeopathy
• Herman Schaepman (1844 in Tubbergen – 1903) a Dutch priest, politician and poet ^[7]
• Gerard Bruggink (1917 in Tubbergen – 2005) a Dutch pilot of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force

Sport

• Berny Boxem-Lenferink (1948 in Tubbergen– 2023), middle-distance runner, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Gerco Schröder (born 1978 in Tubbergen), show jumping equestrian, participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Nicole Oude Luttikhuis (born 1997 in Harbrinkhoek), volleyball player, participated in the Dutch national women's volleyball team

Gallery

• 
  Sint-Pancratius basiliek, Tubbergen
• 
  House in Breckelenkamp
• 
  Reutum, lock on the Almelo-Nordhorn canal
• 
  Sint Pancratiuskerk Albergen

See also

• Jake Van Tubbergen (born 1998), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League