Langedijk

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Former municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

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Location of the former municipality of Langedijk in North Holland

Coordinates: 52°41′N 4°48′E / 52.683°N 4.800°E / 52.683; 4.800CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth HollandMunicipalityDijk en WaardArea

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• Total27.03 km² (10.44 sq mi) • Land23.88 km² (9.22 sq mi) • Water3.15 km² (1.22 sq mi)Elevation

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−1 m (−3 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[3]

• Total28,335 • Density1,187/km² (3,070/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

1720–1724, 1830–1834

Area code0226, 072Websitewww.gemeentelangedijk.nl

Langedijk (Dutch: [ˌlɑŋəˈdɛik] ^ⓘ; West Frisian Dutch: Langedìk) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Langedijk received city rights in 1415.

Langedijk and the former municipality of Heerhugowaard merged into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard on 1 January 2022.

Population centres

The former municipality of Langedijk consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Topography

Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015

Local government

The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which were divided as follows:

Kleurrijk Langedijk (5 seats, new party)
CDA (4 seats)
PvdA (4 seats)
VVD (3 seats)
GroenLinks (2 seats)
Hart voor Langedijk/D66 (2 seats)
ChristenUnie (1 seats)

Notable people

Johannes Hertenberg (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death
Theo Nieuwenhuis (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude - 1951) a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886 in Noord-Scharwoude - 1969) a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings
Laurens Bogtman (1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969) a Dutch baritone
Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937 in Sint Pancras – 2012), pen name, J. Bernlef, a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator

Sport

Jan Langedijk (1910 in Oudkarspel – 1981) a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics
Gerard Kamper (born 1950 in Koedijk) a retired Dutch cyclist
Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude) Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Gallery

Broekerveiling
Noord-Scharwoude
Houten zaalkerk met op de voorgrond een vrijstaande stalen klokkentoren - Koedijk
Allemanskerk1 Oudkarspel
Vergezicht met molen en houten loopbrug - Sint Pancras

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 1722GX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.