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Langedijk
Former municipality in North Holland, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Population centres
The former municipality of Langedijk contained the following small towns and villages:
Topography
Local government
The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which at the last elections in 2018 divided as follows:[4]
- Dorpsbelang Langedijk (4 seats)
- VVD (4 seats)
- Kleurrijk Langedijk (3 seats)
- CDA (2 seats)
- GroenLinks (2 seats)
- Senioren Langedijk (2 seats)
- PvdA (1 seat)
- Hart voor Langedijk/D66 (2 seats)
- ChristenUnie (1 seat)
Elections were held in November 2021 for a council for the new merged municipality of Dijk en Waard, that included Langedijk, which commenced work in January 2022.[5]
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
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Gallery
- Broekerveiling
- Noord-Scharwoude
- Wooden church and steel bell tower - Koedijk
- Allemanskerk - Oudkarspel
- Old mill - Sint Pancras
References
External links
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