Wormerland

Wormerland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɔrmərlɑnt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Wormerland
Municipality
The town of Wormer
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°30′N 4°49′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Established	1 January 1991
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Judith Michel-de Jong (PvdA)
Area [2]
• Total	45.18 km2 (17.44 sq mi)
• Land	38.59 km2 (14.90 sq mi)
• Water	6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	16,333
• Density	423/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1456–1458, 1530–1534, 1546
Area code	0299, 075
Website	www.wormerland.nl

Population centres

The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:

• Jisp
• Neck
• Oostknollendam
• Spijkerboor
• Wijdewormer
• Wormer

It borders the municipalities of:

• Alkmaar
• Zaanstad
• Oostzaan
• Landsmeer
• Purmerend

Local government

The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:^[5]

• Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
• VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
• GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
• PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
• CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
• D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 votes

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

Piet de Wit, 1973

• 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

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