Wijdemeren
Wijdemeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛidəˈmeːrə(n)] (
listen)) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region.
Wijdemeren | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Loosdrechtse Plassen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Location in North Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′N 5°9′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Established | 1 January 2002[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Freek Ossel (acting) (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76.36 km2 (29.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 47.60 km2 (18.38 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (January 2019)[5] | |
| • Total | 24,013 |
| • Density | 504/km2 (1,310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 1230–1244, 1394, 3625 |
| Area code | 0294, 035 |
| Website | www |
Wijdemeren contains many lakes. In the north(east) Spiegelplas and Ankeveense Plassen, in the (south)west Loosdrechtse Plassen.
Wijdemeren was established as a merger of 's-Graveland, Loosdrecht, and Nederhorst den Berg on 1 January 2002. The former municipality of Loosdrecht belonged to the province of Utrecht.
Population centres
The municipality of Wijdemeren consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Wijdemeren, 2013.
Local government
| Parties | Seats 2006-2010 | Seats 2010-2014 | Seats 2014-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDA | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Dorpsbelangen | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| VVD | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| D66 | / | 1 | 3 |
| PvdA-GL | (5) | (3) | 2 |
| PvdA | 3 | 2 | |
| GL | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Notable people
Tjalling Koopmans, 1967
- Jan Jacob Spöhler (1811–1866) 19th-century painter
- Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823-1906) poet and novelist
- Barend Klaas Kuiper (1877-1961) a history professor and author, wrote about Dutch Calvinist church history
- Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985) a Dutch American mathematician and economist, joint winner of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012) keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
- Feike Sijbesma (born 1959) CEO of DSM
- Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (born 1973) politician and diplomat
Sport
- Nelleke Penninx (born 1971) a retired rower, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Jip Vastenburg (born 1994) long-distance athlete, competeted in the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gallery
Kortenhoefs dijk,
Loenen Mijndense Sluis
Nederhorst Den Berg RK kerk
Mijndense sluis
Betonnen werken Hinderdam - Kijkuit
Notes
- "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2002" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2002]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- "Dhr. M.E. Smit" (in Dutch). Gemeente Wijdemeren. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- "Postcodetool for 1231KB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
External links
Media related to Wijdemeren at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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