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Stede Broec

Broekerhaven waterway

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in North Holland

Established

1 January 1979

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

16.37 km² (6.32 sq mi)

• Land

14.63 km² (5.65 sq mi)

• Water

1.74 km² (0.67 sq mi)

Elevation

−1 m (−3.3 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

21,478

• Density

1,468/km² (3,800/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

1610–1614

Area code

0228

Stede Broec (Dutch: [ˌsteːdə ˈbruk]; West Frisian Dutch: Stee Broek) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The name Stede Broec derives from stede (meaning city) and broec (meaning swamp).

Population centres
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History
Notable people
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Population centres

The municipality of Stede Broec consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Bovenkarspel
Grootebroek
Lutjebroek.

Topography

Map of the municipality of Stede Broec, June 2015

History

Grootebroek and Bovenkarspel together received city rights in 1364, under the name of Broek. In 1402 Lutjebroek shared in the city rights and Hoogkarspel joined in 1403. Andijk was the fifth to join in 1786. In 1825 the city was dissociated.

Stede Broec is located in the region of West Friesland consisting of all the land surrounded by the Westfriese Omringdijk, a dike which then protected the land against the dangers of the tides of the Zuider Zee.

Notable people

Johannes Willebrands (1909 in Bovenkarspel – 2006) a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Trudy van den Berg (born 1947 in Grootebroek) singer with Dutch vocal duo Saskia & Serge
Ed Groot (born 1957 in Grootebroek) a Dutch politician and former journalist, columnist and civil servant
Ria Brieffies (1957 in Lutjebroek – 2009) a Dutch singer with girl group Dolly Dots
Nina Buysman (born 1997 in Bovenkarspel) a Dutch racing cyclist