Wormerland
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Wormerland | |
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| The town of Wormer The town of Wormer | |
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| Highlighted position of Wormerland in a municipal map of North Holland Location in North Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′N 4°49′E / 52.500°N 4.817°ECoordinates: 52°30′N 4°49′E / 52.500°N 4.817°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Established | 1 January 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Judith Michel-de Jong (Template:Polparty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 1456–1458, 1530–1534, 1546 |
| Area code | 0299, 075 |
| Website | www |
Wormerland (nl) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:
It borders the municipalities of:
Local government
[edit | edit source]The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:[5]
- Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
- VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
- GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
- PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
- CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
- D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 votes
Sport facilities
[edit | edit source]Soccer clubs:
- WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer
- VV Jisp - Jisp
- VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam
- DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer
- PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer)
- ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer)
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
- Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009) organist and professor of Romance languages
- Martin Bosma (born 1964) politician and former journalist
Sport
[edit | edit source]- Klaas de Groot (1919–1994) wrestler, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928) sprint canoer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Dick Wayboer (born 1936) a sailor, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Piet de Wit (born 1946) retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
- Arend Bloem (1947-2025) sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics[6]
- Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Gallery
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Town hall of Wormerland
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Wormer
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Wormer-Dorpstraat 298
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Neck, village in Wormerland municipality
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "College van burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of Mayor and Aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Wormerland. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 1531NX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ "Wormerland municipal election 2022". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ↑ Orkaan, De (2025-10-29). "Kano-legende Arend Bloem overleden". De Orkaan (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-04-23.
External links
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Media related to Wormerland at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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