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Tubbergen
Municipality in Overijssel, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tubbergen (Dutch: [tʏˈbɛrɣə(n)] ⓘ; Tweants: Tubbige) is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.
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Geography
The following population centres can be found in Tubbergen:
- Albergen
- Fleringen
- Geesteren
- Haarle
- 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]
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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

- 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
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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
References
External links
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