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The following lists give an overview of the subdivision of the city of Eindhoven into districts, quarters and neighborhoods, as determined by the municipality of Eindhoven. Eindhoven consists of 7 districts, which are subdivided into a total of 19 quarters. The quarters are divided into a total of 109 neighborhoods.
When discussing cities, the distinction is sometimes made between the cities in two urban networks. The largest urban network is known as Randstad, including the largest four cities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Of these, 3 have historic city rights: Utrecht from 1122; Amsterdam from 1306; and Rotterdam from 1340.
Eindhoven (/ ˈ aɪ n t h oʊ v ən / EYENT-hoh-vən; [8] Dutch: [ˈɛintˌɦoːvə(n)] ⓘ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also located in the Dutch part of the natural region the Campine.
There are twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] ⓘ or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ⓘ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ⓘ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes. [ 2 ] These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of 7.01 km 2 (2.71 sq mi) and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of 522.7 km 2 (201.8 sq mi).
The number of districts increased over time, with 100 in 1896 when multi-member districts were abolished. [2] After the Pacification of 1917, party-list proportional representation was introduced in Dutch elections. There are still electoral districts (Dutch: kieskring).
Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes. These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of 7.03 km 2 (2.71 sq mi) and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of 523.01 km 2 (201.94 sq mi).
' city part ') is the name used for urban or municipality districts in some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands. Amsterdam calls 7 of its 8 deelgemeenten stadsdeel . They form a level of government, both executive ( stadsdeelwethouders ) and legislative ( Stadsdeelraad , a council elected by the inhabitants), and can therefore be ...