Nov. 14, 2022
Last year on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, it was World Toilet Day. In this month, it is the province of Gelderland that we take a closer look at. This province is home to the number one municipality of World Toilet Day 2021. Next Saturday is World Toilet Day 2022 and we will announce the new No. 1.
The Netherlands has work to do because recent research has shown that one in five people regularly stay home because of the lack of toilets. We can therefore say that this is a social problem. To draw attention to this problem, on World Toilet Day we annually publish the well-known ranking of "the most toilet-friendly municipality in the Netherlands". But not only on World Toilet Day should attention be paid to (the solution of) this social problem. As far as we are concerned, it should always be on the agenda. That is why we zoom in on one of our 12 provinces every month, giving insight into how the municipalities within that province are doing.
We do not go through the provinces alphabetically, but on the basis of the rankings.
December: Province of Groningen
January: Province of Flevoland
February: Province of Zeeland
March: Province of North Brabant
April: Province of Limburg
May: Province of Drenthe
June: Province of South Holland
July: Province of North Holland
August: Province of Friesland
September: province of Utrecht
October: province of Overijssel
The most toilet-friendly municipality of the province of Gelderland is the municipality of Druten. With a total of 751 points, they managed to secure first place.
In order to paint a vivid and clear picture of the need for more toilets for the municipalities within the province of Gelderland, we have broken down the number of inhabitants per available toilet for each municipality. We want to emphasize that visitors and tourists to the municipality are not included here at
.
For example, even in the best scoring municipality in this province (municipality of Druten), a total of 1,357 residents have to share one public/open toilet, with a total of 14 toilets. In the least scoring municipality (municipality of Rozendaal) there are no toilets for residents. There is plenty of room for improvement there!
The number of people who have to share a toilet is one of the 6 indicators on which the national ranking is based. Every month we communicate the number of inhabitants per toilet of all municipalities within the province that is in the spotlight at that moment via our newsletter. Do you also want to be the first to receive this data in your mailbox every month? Then subscribe to the newsletter at the end of this article!
We have listed the full rankings of municipalities within the province of Gelderland for you below. You can read the list as follows:
Position within province and name of municipality / number of inhabitants per toilet / (position on the Dutch ranking list)
1. Druten 1,357 (1)
2. Winterswijk 1,382 (11)
3 . Aalten 1,695 (19)
4. Harderwijk 1,572 (22)
5. Oude IJsselstreek 333 (41)
6 . West Betuwe 1,907 (43)
7 . Elburg 1,674 (48)
8. Arnhem 1,957 (50)
9 . Ermelo 2,456 (61)
10 . Apeldoorn 2,227 (62)
11. Nunspeet 2,002 (79)
12. Wijchen 2, 063 (85)
13. Nijkerk 1,896 (100)
14 . Epe 2, 371 (102)
15 . Zutphen 2, 092 (106)
16 . Culemborg 1,941 (107)
17 . Overbetuwe 1,854 (109)
18. Doesburg 5,532 (113)
19. Duiven 1,928 (119)
20 . Doetinchem 2,081 (127)
21. Nijmegen 2,771 (128)
22 . Heerde 1,878 (129)
23 . Voorst 1,907 (147)
24. Zaltbommel 2, 945 (157)
25 . Putten 2, 437 (159)
26 . Ede 2,419 (161)
27 . Heumen 2,071 (172)
28 . Wageningen 3,049 (174)
29 . Renkum 3,491 (182)
30 . Barneveld 2,500 (190)
31. Berg en Dal 2,693 (199)
32 . Brummen 2, 611 (200)
33. Montferland 2, 772 (215)
34 . Rheden 2, 902 (227)
35 . Oost Gelre 2, 689 (240)
36. Hattem 2, 446 (247)
37 . Scherpenzeel 2, 532 (265)
38 . Oldebroek 3,394 (270)
39. Zevenaar 3,675 (274)
40 . Lingewaard 3, 902 (277)
41 . Neder-Betuwe 3,081 (278)
42 . Lochem 3, 395 (292)
43. Buren 3, 001 (299)
44. Tiel 4,658 (302)
45 . Berkelland 3, 654 (306)
46 . Maasdriel 4, 242 (318)
47 . Westervoort 5,005 (321)
48 . Beuningen 5, 231 (324)
49 . Bronckhorst 5,155 (333)
50 . West Maas and Waal 9,791 (338)
51 . Rozendaal no toilets (350)
Nationally, with 751 points , the municipality of Druten ranks 1st out of a total of 352 municipalities in the Netherlands. Druten has dropped another 4 points from last year. 2020 Losser had a total of 755 points. With a few simple steps, it is possible for every municipality to finish even higher in the national rankings in the coming year. There are more than enough viable opportunities for all municipalities to become more toilet-friendly and thus not only more inclusive, but also more welcoming.
For example:
1. Make the toilets of municipal locations available to passers-by.
2. Placing public (seasonal) toilets at busy locations.
3. Asking local businesses if their toilets can be made available to passers-by.
4. Making toilets clearly findable by becoming a partner of HogeNood and registering toilets and keeping track of dates in the HogeNood CMS, placing signs at
that lead to the toilet and placing stickers at toilet locations themselves for extra indication.
5. Maintaining a sustainable toilet policy so that not only now but also in the future, sufficient hygienic toilets are ensured within the
municipality.
Want to become a toilet-friendly municipality? Then get in touch.
For those of you who would like to find out where your own municipality has ended up, we have provided the complete ranking of all 352 for World Toilet Day 2021 as an interesting article. Here you can read how the list came about and how many points each municipality managed to achieve in 2021. There is also a map showing the proximity of all the toilets registered in the HogeNood app.
From now on, we will be publishing a monthly article focusing on one of our 12 provinces. Do you want to be the first to know about the most toilet-friendly municipality of each province? Then subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of this article. That way you can be sure
that you will receive the newest list in your inbox as soon as it is put online!
Place and municipality | (+/-) | Points 2023 |
---|---|---|
1. West Maas and Waal | 282 | 791 |
2. Amersfoort | 41 | 767 |
3. Veere | -2 | 750 |
4. Utrecht | -2 | 744 |
5. Alkmaar | -1 | 721 |
6. Hattem | 240 | 718 |
7. Nunspeet | 19 | 715 |
8. Amsterdam | 0 | 714 |
9. Roosendaal | 0 | 712 |
10. Culemborg | 34 | 707 |
11. Vught | -4 | 705 |
12. Oude IJsselstreek | 22 | 698 |
13. Schiermonnikoog | -10 | 693 |
14. Assen | -4 | 692 |
15. Texel | 7 | 689 |
16. Gooi Lakes | -2 | 684 |
17. Roermond | -11 | 684 |
18. Gorinchem | -6 | 678 |
Heerlen 19. | 148 | 678 |
20. Leiden | -1 | 677 |
21. Tynaarlo | -4 | 676 |
22. Beesel | 2 | 675 |
23. Dordrecht | -3 | 675 |
24. Valkenburg aan de Geul | -9 | 675 |
25. Baarn | 21 | 674 |
26. West Betuwe | 10 | 672 |
27. Schouwen-Duiveland | 33 | 670 |
28. Steenbergen | 300 | 669 |
29. Waalwijk | -16 | 669 |
30. Goeree-Overflakkee | 1 | 667 |
31. Vlieland | -8 | 667 |
32. Zwolle | 0 | 667 |
33. Parent-Amstel | 6 | 666 |
34. Rotterdam | -29 | 665 |
35. Heeze-Leende | -8 | 664 |
36. Nieuwkoop | 45 | 663 |
37. Delft | 108 | 660 |
38. Goes | -9 | 659 |
39. Opsterland | -4 | 653 |
40. Oldenzaal | -7 | 650 |
41. Ermelo | 45 | 646 |
42. North Beveland | 0 | 646 |
43. Venray | -15 | 646 |
44. Zwijndrecht | 22 | 646 |
45. Achtkarspelen | -5 | 645 |
46. Rheden | 109 | 644 |
47. Land of Cuijk | 5 | 642 |
48. Losser | -37 | 642 |
49. Laren | 261 | 641 |
50. Noordwijk | -32 | 640 |
51. Beverwijk | -14 | 639 |
52. Enkhuizen | -11 | 639 |
53. Druten | -32 | 638 |
54. Zandvoort | 5 | 638 |
55. Lock | -7 | 637 |
56. Terschelling | -3 | 633 |
57. Woerden | -32 | 629 |
58. Middelburg | -8 | 625 |
59. Ameland | -3 | 622 |
60. Meierijstad | 1 | 622 |
61. Tholen | 268 | 622 |
62. Harderwijk | -46 | 619 |
63. Houses | 162 | 617 |
64. Velsen | -26 | 617 |
65. Elburg | -20 | 614 |
66. Maastricht | 64 | 614 |
67. Oostzaan | 3 | 614 |
68. Weert | -21 | 614 |
69. Arnhem | -20 | 612 |
70. Opmeer | -13 | 612 |
71. Hollands Kroon | 81 | 611 |
72. Hardinxveld-Giessendam | -18 | 610 |
73. Apeldoorn | -8 | 609 |
74. Tytsjerksteradiel | 33 | 609 |
75. Southplas | -17 | 609 |
76. Nederweert | -46 | 608 |
77. Hellendoorn | 63 | 607 |
78. Bernheze | -16 | 605 |
79. Rhenen | -8 | 605 |
80. Rijswijk | -25 | 604 |
81. Harlingen | -18 | 602 |
82. Pijnacker-Nootdorp | 27 | 602 |
83. Tilburg | -19 | 600 |
84. Uitgeest | 18 | 599 |
85. Asten | -16 | 598 |
86. Alphen aan den Rijn | -19 | 595 |
87. Winterswijk | -9 | 595 |
88. Eemnes | -13 | 591 |
89. Aalten | -21 | 590 |
90. The Hague | -13 | 588 |
91. Terneuzen | 90 | 588 |
92. Westerveld | -12 | 587 |
93. Weststellingwerf | -9 | 587 |
94. Boxtel | -22 | 583 |
95. Cranendonck | -13 | 581 |
96. Uithoorn | -22 | 580 |
97. Westland | -24 | 577 |
98. Soest | -47 | 576 |
99. Flushing | 23 | 576 |
100. Zeewolde | 6 | 576 |
101. Leiderdorp | -3 | 570 |
102. Northeast Polder | -12 | 564 |
103. Waterland | -8 | 564 |
104. Son and Breugel | 0 | 562 |
105. Eaststellingwerf | 95 | 559 |
106. Sudwest-Fryslan | 31 | 553 |
107. Maassluis | 34 | 552 |
108. Utrecht Hill Ridge | 23 | 552 |
109. Wormerland | -12 | 551 |
110. Woudenberg | 58 | 551 |
111. Leeuwarden | 1 | 550 |
112. Vaals | -11 | 549 |
113. Gouda | 35 | 548 |
114. Schagen | -9 | 547 |
115. Zutphen | -22 | 546 |
116. Valkenswaard | 50 | 545 |
117. Noardeast-Fryslan | -29 | 543 |
118. Bodegraven-Reeuwijk | -39 | 540 |
119. Nijkerk | -27 | 540 |
120. Breda | 27 | 539 |
121. Rijssen-Holten | 7 | 539 |
122. Den Helder | -14 | 537 |
123. Hengelo | -36 | 537 |
124. Waadhoeke | -28 | 537 |
125. Leidschendam-Voorburg | -31 | 530 |
126. Deventer | -8 | 529 |
127. Groningen | -3 | 527 |
128. Northfield | -7 | 524 |
129. Wijdemeren | -38 | 521 |
130. Pigeons | -14 | 519 |
131. Dantumadiel | 207 | 516 |
132. De Fryske Marren | -22 | |
133. Haarlemmermeer | -6 | 516 |
134. Overbetuwe | -19 | 516 |
135. Heerenveen | -32 | 515 |
136. Bunschoten | -3 | 510 |
137. Horn | 1 | 510 |
138. Medemblik | 12 | 509 |
139. Nieuwegein | 126 | 508 |
140. Zaltbommel | 19 | 506 |
141. Almelo | 48 | 505 |
142. Kapelle | 0 | 505 |
143. Wijchen | -60 | 505 |
144. Zoeterwoude | 25 | 505 |
145. Voorschoten | -26 | 503 |
146. Haarlem | -46 | 502 |
147. Oisterwijk | 48 | 502 |
148. Amstelveen | 25 | 501 |
149. Heerde | -32 | 501 |
150. Doesburg | -39 | 500 |
151. Gulpen-Wittem | -12 | 499 |
152. Hilversum | -38 | 499 |
153. Woensdrecht | -24 | 499 |
154. Eindhoven | 0 | 497 |
155. Epe | -56 | 497 |
156. Doetinchem | -24 | 494 |
157. Vijfheerenlanden | 131 | 494 |
158. Kampen | -23 | 493 |
159. Maasgouw | -13 | 492 |
160. The Hogeland | 19 | 487 |
161. Heemstede | -41 | 484 |
162. Ridderkerk | 40 | 483 |
163. Lisse | -12 | 482 |
164. Leusden | 71 | 481 |
165. Oosterhout | -9 | 479 |
166. Steenwijkerland | -30 | 477 |
167. Voorst | -24 | 475 |
168. Ems Delta | 31 | 474 |
169. Ede | -7 | 473 |
170. Echt-Susteren | -7 | 470 |
171. Nuenen, Gerwen and Nederwetten | -46 | 470 |
172. Bunnik | 13 | 469 |
173. Dongen | -50 | 469 |
174. Berg and Dal | 19 | 467 |
175. Dinkelland | -49 | 464 |
176. Middle Drenthe | -32 | 464 |
177. Wells | -5 | 464 |
178. Nijmegen | 19 | 463 |
179. Peel and Maas | 53 | 463 |
180. Castricum | -4 | 461 |
181. Smallingerland | 3 | 461 |
182. Bergen op Zoom | -48 | 460 |
183. Geldrop-Mierlo | 3 | 460 |
184. Oss | 106 | 460 |
185. Zaanstad | -3 | 460 |
186. Reusel-De Mierden | -11 | 457 |
187. Landsmeer | -17 | 456 |
188. Hilvarenbeek | 111 | 455 |
189. Olst-Wijhe | -12 | 455 |
190. Alblasserdam | -12 | 454 |
191. Veenendaal | -3 | 452 |
192. Best | -12 | 450 |
193. Bergen (L.). | 36 | 446 |
194. Barendrecht | 12 | 442 |
195. Dalfsen | 42 | 442 |
196. Purmerend | 19 | 440 |
197. Borger-Odoorn | -6 | 438 |
198. Lelystad | -8 | 438 |
199. Sliedrecht | -39 | 437 |
200. Stichtse Vecht | -13 | 437 |
201. De Ronde Venen | 0 | 436 |
202. Meppel | -6 | 436 |
203. Oldambt | 15 | 431 |
204. Hardenberg | 43 | 429 |
205. Ommen | 25 | 429 |
206. Gilze and Rijen | -41 | 426 |
207. Waddinxveen | -2 | 426 |
208. Wood | 28 | 424 |
209. Zoetermeer | -52 | 424 |
210. Zevenaar | -2 | 423 |
211. Enschede | 2 | 422 |
212. Barneveld | -20 | 421 |
213. Heumen | -49 | 421 |
214. Moerdijk | -4 | 419 |
215. Brummen | -12 | 416 |
216. Stede Broec | -103 | 413 |
217. Westerkwartier | 21 | 413 |
218. Almere | -24 | 412 |
219. Heiloo | 9 | 412 |
220. Mook and Middelaar | -9 | 412 |
221. Loon op Zand | -12 | 409 |
222. Wassenaar | -10 | 409 |
223. Lochem | 63 | 405 |
224. Edam-Volendam | -26 | 403 |
225. Urk | 72 | 403 |
226. Schiedam | -9 | 401 |
227. Zeist | 14 | 401 |
228. Kerkrade | 33 | 400 |
229. Reimerswaal | 63 | 400 |
230. Horst aan de Maas | -14 | 399 |
231. Middle Delfland | -12 | 399 |
232. Eersel | 46 | 395 |
233. Ugstgeest | -9 | 393 |
234. Katwijk | -73 | 392 |
235. Middle Groningen | 24 | 391 |
236. Oldebroek | -29 | 391 |
237. IJsselstein | -11 | 385 |
238. Wijk bij Duurstede | -34 | 385 |
239. Diemen | -81 | 383 |
240. Maashorst | -87 | 382 |
241. Lansingerland | -165 | 381 |
242. Wageningen | -68 | 381 |
243. Raalte | -10 | 380 |
244. Veendam | 5 | 380 |
245. Albrandswaard | 0 | 377 |
246. Vlaardingen | 30 | 377 |
247. Wierden | 57 | 376 |
248. Simpelveld | 6 | 375 |
249. Sint-Michielsgestel | 6 | 375 |
250. De Bilt | -27 | 374 |
251. Renkum | -80 | 374 |
252. Someren | -8 | 370 |
253. Stadskanaal | 3 | 370 |
254. Blackwaterland | 30 | 369 |
255. Dike and Worth | 13 | 368 |
256. Rucphen | -34 | 368 |
257. Heusden | -4 | 366 |
258. Voorne aan Zee | 0 | 363 |
259. 's-Hertogenbosch | -110 | 361 |
260. Aa and Hunze | 20 | 360 |
261. Holly | 1 | 360 |
262. Emmen | -10 | 358 |
263. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht | -6 | 358 |
264. Aalsmeer | -24 | 356 |
265. Tiel | 37 | 354 |
266. Westerwolde | -8 | 354 |
267. Etten-Leur | -33 | 353 |
268. Venlo | -37 | 353 |
269. Deurne | -6 | 351 |
270. Brook | -1 | 350 |
271. Bergen (NH) | -20 | 349 |
272. Helmond | 1 | 348 |
273. Oost Gelre | -31 | 348 |
274. Papendrecht | -24 | 348 |
275. Hoogeveen | -4 | 347 |
276. Twenterand | 55 | 347 |
277. Scherpenzeel | -13 | 346 |
278. Veldhoven | -8 | 345 |
279. Altena | -52 | 343 |
280. Hillegom | -60 | 340 |
281. Tubbergen | 22 | 337 |
282. Lower Betuwe | -10 | 334 |
283. Sittard-Geleen | 13 | 333 |
284. Leudal | -45 | 330 |
285. Laarbeek | 57 | 325 |
286. Zundert | -7 | 325 |
287. Geertruidenberg | -73 | 324 |
288. Capelle aan den IJssel | -13 | 323 |
289. Halderberge | -41 | 320 |
290. Goirle | -5 | 319 |
291. Molenlanden | -9 | 318 |
292. Lingewaard | -32 | 317 |
293. Teylingen | 13 | 315 |
294. Nissewaard | 0 | 314 |
295. Oirschot | -18 | 314 |
296. Heemskerk | -1 | 311 |
297. Hoeksche Waard | -31 | 309 |
298. Alphen-Chaam | 22 | 307 |
299. Stein | 6 | 307 |
300. Dronten | -11 | 303 |
301. Berkelland | -10 | 301 |
302. Blaricum | 39 | 300 |
303. Krimpen aan den IJssel | -3 | 300 |
304. Landgraaf | -23 | 300 |
305. Oudewater | -4 | 300 |
306. Renswoude | -85 | 300 |
307. Westervoort | 12 | 300 |
308. Dchterland | -41 | 299 |
309. De Wolden | -22 | 292 |
310. Roerdalen | 3 | 292 |
311. Krimpenerwaard | -37 | 290 |
312. Borsele | -4 | 287 |
313. Haaksbergen | -6 | 286 |
314. Montferland | -71 | 283 |
315. Gennep | -17 | 273 |
316. Court of Twente | -1 | 262 |
317. Borne | -5 | 260 |
318. Gemert-Bakel | -2 | 257 |
319. Lopik | -5 | 253 |
320. Bladel | -3 | 250 |
321. Eijsden-Margraten | -3 | 250 |
322. Montfoort | 5 | 250 |
323. Beuningen | -2 | 240 |
324. Koggenland | 0 | 240 |
325. Coevorden | -2 | 237 |
326. Staphorst | -4 | 227 |
327. Bergeijk | -1 | 225 |
328. Neighbors | -35 | 225 |
329. Kaag en Braassem | -4 | 225 |
330. Beekdaelen | -19 | 214 |
331. Bronckhorst | -1 | 214 |
332. Bloemendaal | 0 | 200 |
333. Brunssum | 0 | 187 |
334. Maasdriel | -25 | 180 |
335. Meerssen | -1 | 175 |
336. Pekela | -1 | 156 |
337. Boekel | 0 | 150 |
338. Drimmelen | 1 | 150 |
339. Baarle-Nassau | -3 | 0 |
340. Rozendaal | 3 | 0 |
341. Voerendaal | 3 | 0 |
342. Waalre | -2 | 0 |