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Eemnes

Church in Eemnes

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in Utrecht

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

33.70 km² (13.01 sq mi)

• Land

31.06 km² (11.99 sq mi)

• Water

2.64 km² (1.02 sq mi)

Elevation

1 m (3 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

8,788

• Density

283/km² (730/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

3755

Area code

035

Eemnes (Dutch pronunciation: [eːmˈnɛs]) is a municipality and a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.

The town of Eemnes
Pools
Notable people
Notable events
Notable Places
Fun Facts
Gallery
See also

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.

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Eemnes, June 2015

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.

Notable people

Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis (1916 in Eemnes – 2002) was a Dutch orientalist and Indologist
Roland van Benthem (born 1968 in Emmeloord) a Dutch politician and is the current mayor of Eemnes since 2005.

Notable events

14 December 1917: Coastal class airship C.26 crash

Notable Places

Het Huis Van Eemnes (a big building where there are gymnasiums that the local schools use, and also where a lot of events happen.
De Minnhof (basically just where most of the shops are including the Lidl and the Plus(former Coop).
De Eemnesser Polder (the polder of Eemnes, it makes up abot 80-90% of Eemnes and can look really cool when there is mist for example.

Fun Facts

Eemnes is the most reachable town/city in The Netherlands according to VPRO in the program Nederland van boven
It's really weird how Eemnes is a city and surrounding "city's" are actually town such as Hilversum, Hilversum has a way bigger population and is way bigger but yet is not a city.