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Wormerland
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The town of Wormer
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Location in North Holland
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Holland | ||
| Established | 1 January 1991 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 45.18 km2 (17.44 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 38.74 km2 (14.96 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | −1 m (−3.3 ft) | ||
| Population
(May 2014)
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| • Total | 15,754 | ||
| • Density | 407/km2 (1,050/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postcode |
1456–1458, 1530–1534, 1546
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| Area code | 0299, 075 | ||
Wormerland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɔrmərlɑnt]) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Population centres
The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:
- Jisp
- Neck
- Oostknollendam
- Spijkerboor
- Wijdewormer
- Wormer
It borders the municipalities of:
Sport facilities
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
- 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
- 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 (born 1947) sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
David Harrison
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
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