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Below are first mentioned current political news items on local-governmental reorganizations, followed by known reorganizations of municipalities for the near future (to become effective January 1, 2006 or January 1 in a later year); then changes are mentioned that will become effective later this year 2005 (changes of name may become effective during the course of a calender year); and subsequently changes are mentioned that have become effective as of January 1, 2005. Finally, the changes of the past years 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 are summed up.


For more details and for changes of name and border adjustments that go back to 1810, you can get in touch with Dr. Ad van der Meer (e-mail address:
advandermeer @ tiscali.nl, without whose unsurpassed help the data below could not have been collected.
Also the additions of Stefan Lambregts from Breda for these pages are very useful!

Recent news items on reorganizations of municipalities in The Netherlands

Future local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, to become effective as of 1-1-2007 or later

Changes of municipalities' names to become effective as of 1-1-2007 or later

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) to become effective as of 1-1-2007 or as of January 1 of a later year

Other border adjustments, to become effective as of 1-1-2007 or as of January 1 of a later year

Future local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, to become effective as of 1-1-2006 or later in that year

Changes of municipalities' names in 2006

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) to become effective as of 1-1-2006

Other border adjustments, to become effective as of 1-1-2006

Future local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, to become effective later in this year 2005

Changes of municipalities' names to become effective later in this year 2005

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having become effective earlier in this year 2005

Changes of municipalities' names having become effective earlier in this year 2005

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-2005

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-2005

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having become effective as of 2004

Changes of municipalities' names having become effective in 2004

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-2004

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-2004

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having come into effect as of 2003

Changes of municipalities' names having become effective in 2003

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-2003

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-2003

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having become effective as of 2002

Changes of municipalities' names having become effective in 2002

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-2002

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-2002

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having become effective as of 2001

Changes of name having become effective in 2001

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-2001

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-2001

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having become effective as of 2000

Change of name having become effective in 2000

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-2000

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-2000

Local-governmental reorganizations and changes of municipalities' names, having become effective as of 1999

Change of name having become effective in 1999

Local-governmental reorganizations (some with border adjustments, some with changes of municipalities' names) having become effective as of 1-1-1999

Other border adjustments, having become effective during the year 1999

Other border adjustments, having become effective as of 1-1-1999


An expert in the field of placesnames is mr. D.P. Blok, an emeritus professor History of Settlements and the Study of Place-names at the University of Amsterdam. Mr. Blok is secretary of the Commission on Dutch Geographical Names (read: Bevolking verwerpt naam ‘Betuwestad’, article by Martin Steenbeke, NRC-Handelsblad, September 9, 2001).

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