Landsmeer

Landsmeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlɑntsˈmeːr] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Landsmeer
Municipality
Landsmeer town centre
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°26′N 4°55′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Léon de Lange [nl] (D66)
Area [2]
• Total	26.50 km2 (10.23 sq mi)
• Land	22.53 km2 (8.70 sq mi)
• Water	3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	11,565
• Density	513/km2 (1,330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1120–1127, 1451
Area code	020
Website	www.landsmeer.nl

Population centres

The municipality of Landsmeer consists of three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland.

Topography

Map of the municipality of Landsmeer, June 2015

Local government

The municipal council of Landsmeer has 15 seats, which at the 2022 local election were divided as follows:^[5]

• Lokaal Landsmeer - 4 seats
• D66 - 3 seats
• VVD - 2 seats
• Positief Landsmeer - 2 seats
• GroenLinks - 2 seats
• PvdA - 1 seat
• CDA - 1 seat

Town twinning

Landsmeer is twinned with the following towns:

Bergneustadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany since 1968 Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France since 1986

Notable people

• Sam Olij (1900–1975) a Dutch heavyweight boxer, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, member of the national socialist NSB party in WWII
• Jaap Oudkerk (1937– 2024) cyclist, competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
• Bernt Schneiders (born 1959) a Dutch politician, mayor of Landsmeer 1995–2001
• Cor Bakker (born 1961) a Dutch pianist
• Enzo Stroo (born 1994) a Dutch footballer

Gallery

• 
  The town hall of Landsmeer.
• 
  Ferry, Ilpendam - Landsmeer
• 
  Landsmeer, Little Church
• 
  Meadows, polders, windmills and much water in North Holland
• 
  Landsmeer, Dorpsstraat 53