Archive of news from the municipality

The municipality of West Maas en Waal is in good financial health. Expenditure and income are in balance. This allows the municipality to continue working on the ambitions set out in the council program.

Build your own home in a vacant building. We are looking for enthusiastic residents.

The municipal playgrounds in West Maas en Waal have been smoke-free since the beginning of May. May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, a great opportunity to draw extra attention to this issue. 

Remembering
We pause to remember those who fell victim to violence and oppression during the war years.

The municipality of West Maas en Waal has had 20,000 inhabitants since November 25. On that day, Sylvian Jan-Willem Bernardus Avôt was born.

In order to strengthen the habitat of partridges, the Gelderland Landscape Management Foundation (SLG), together with the IVN and the municipality of West Maas en Waal, also wants to plant small-scale partridge hedges and sow herb borders on private plots in rural areas.

The West Maas en Waal social map is the digital hub for information about organizations and activities in the municipality of West Maas en Waal.

The war in Ukraine continues unabated. Currently, 96 Ukrainian refugees are being housed in municipal emergency shelters in Altforst and Wamel. This is in addition to 77 people who are being housed by private individuals.

On Monday, August 8, the municipality of West Maas en Waal and DijkenSport.nl signed a new agreement. The municipality will remain the main sponsor of this regional sporting event until 2025.

Maintaining and improving the quality of life in Altforst The application for the Village Deal has been submitted and approved. Six organizations and associations from Altforst signed this deal together with the municipality of West Maas en Waal and the province of Gelderland.