Drachten ( Dutch: Drachten ) is a city in the Netherlands , in Friesland, in the community of Smallingerland .
| City | |||||
| Drachten | |||||
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| Drachten | |||||
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| A country |  Netherlands | ||||
| Provinces | Friesland | ||||
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| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 44 629 people ( 2009 ) | ||||
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| Postal codes | 9200 - 9207 | ||||
| smallingerland.nl | |||||
Recently known thanks to the experiment in traffic control conducted in it. The idea of a " common space ", first developed by Hans Monderman , is that almost all traffic lights and signs have been removed from the city center to increase road safety, as it is assumed that drivers will be more careful if they are know that they cannot rely solely on strict rules. Earlier in the city center there were 8 accidents per year, after the introduction of the system in 2003, their number was reduced to zero [1] .
In September 2007, the German city of Bomte hosted a similar scheme [2] .
Content
- 1 Demography
- 2 Famous Natives
- 3 Twin Cities
- 4 notes
Demographics
| Year | Population size |
|---|---|
| 1849 | 4.448 |
| 1869 | 5.245 |
| 1920 | 5.334 |
| 1947 | 9.249 |
| 1950 | about 10,000 |
| 1954 | 11.052 |
| 1959 | 15.902 |
| 1964 | 21.752 |
| 1969 | 28.972 |
| 1974 | 35.092 |
| 2004 | 42.420 |
| 2009 | 44.629 |
Famous Natives
- Skyrer, Fedde - school teacher, writer. champion of the Frisian language, politician.
Twin Cities
- Namibia , Gobabis
- Israel , Kiryat Ono
Notes
- ↑ The Laweiplein, Evaluation of the reconstruction into a square with roundabout Archived September 24, 2015 at Wayback Machine , January 2007
- ↑ Catherine Bosley . Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents , Reuters (September 11, 2007). Date of appeal September 14, 2007.