Tubbergen

Tubbergen (; Tweants: ) is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.

Geography The following population centres can be found in Tubbergen:

Politics After the 2026 municipal elections, the 19-seat municipal council of Tubbergen was composed as follows.

Party Popular vote Seats Votes % Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) 4,439 42.45% Keerpunt22 2,741 26.21% Gemeentebelangen / VVD (GB/VVD) 2,110 20.18% GroenLinks / Labour Party (PvdA) 1,168 11.17% Tubbergen has one of the largest shares of Christian Democratic Appeal voters across the Netherlands.

Society The municipality has a high birth rate and the lowest divorce rate in the Netherlands.

In the 2009 survey by the Algemeen Dagblad, Tubbergen had the lowest crime rate of all municipalities in the Netherlands. According to the mayor, this is primarily because of a strong sense of community.

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 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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