Martensdorp is a partly-new village in Brunant. It is located in Brunant Parish, founded in 1904, when the B10motorway was being built on Brunant Island. It has most of its houses clustered around the A4. The population of Martensdorp was estimated to be 1,600 in 2015.
The most famous and largest building is the Marten House, currently serving as the town hall of Martensdorp. Both the village and the house are named after Marten Sneijder.
Government[]
The first mayor was James Stanton (Christian Democratic Union). Its current mayor is Matt Wostor (Green Party). Before Stanton, only councillors were appointed to take on the duties of the mayor; despite having village status, the population was not large enough for formal elections.
Martensdorp is located near the B10. There are three other registered streets in the village; Main Street, Canal Street and Abbey Street. Sometimes, the B10 is called St. Martens Street. (Saint Martin is the saint patron).
There are no other connections with other places on Brunant Island. All other localities, towns and even Brunantstad are only accessible by roads. Martensdorp has connections with other Brunanter islands across the Mediterranean Sea. The island has no railways, neither tram systems.
The whole area around Martensdorp has excellent cycle paths, as well hiking trails.
Map[]
See the page Map colors for an explanation of what each color means.
