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The Government of Rotterdam is the government of the municipality and city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.Most of the inhabitants live in the city of Rotterdam, but the municipality also covers a number of small villages, and other parts of the local government, such as Rozenburg, cover an even larger area.
Rotterdam's first city hall stood on Hoogstraat and was housed in an old 14th-century urban boarding house. [2] However, By the end of the 19th century, the building could no longer accommodate municipal activities, so in 1905 it was decided to build a new building to house the council chamber on Coolsingel.
Since the status of a submunicipality was lifted on 19 March 2014, it became an integral part of the municipality of Rotterdam. The size of the municipality of Rotterdam is the result of the amalgamation of the following former municipalities, [39] some of which were a submunicipality prior to 19 March 2014: Delfshaven (added on 30 January 1886)
The municipal council, which is titled island council in the special municipalities, is elected every four years. [8] The number of members in the council ranges from nine members for the smallest municipalities to forty-five members for the largest. [9] It is the highest administrative body in the municipality and controls public policy.
The Dutch municipality Rotterdam is divided into districts and neighbourhoods for statistical purposes. The municipality is divided into the following statistical districts: District 01 Stadscentrum (CBS-districtcode:059901) District 03 Delfshaven (CBS-districtcode:059903) District 04 Overschie (CBS-districtcode:059904)
The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area (Dutch: Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag) [2] is a metropolitan area encompassing the cities of Rotterdam and The Hague as well as 21 other municipalities. [3] It was founded in 2014. The area has a population of approximately 2.7 million across 1,130 km 2 (440 sq mi). [1]
The municipal council is supported by its own civil service headed by the raadsgriffier. Municipal councillors are not paid as full-time politicians: instead most of them have day jobs. Like most legislatures, the members of municipal councils work in both political groups and policy area related committees. The mayor chairs the meetings of the ...
Rotterdam Centrum (English: Rotterdam Center/ Center of Rotterdam) is a borough of Rotterdam. It was established on March 3, 2010. It was established on March 3, 2010. The center has 33,983 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).