Wester-Koggenland

Wester-Koggenland
Wester-Koggenland
	Coordinates: 52°37′N 4°57′E
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Koggenland
Area
• Total	62.59 km2 (24.17 sq mi)
• Land	59.99 km2 (23.16 sq mi)
• Water	2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	13,757
• Density	229/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.wester-koggenland.nl

Wester-Koggenland (pronunciation ) is a former municipality of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Obdam to form the new municipality of Koggenland.

Population centres

The area of the former municipality of Wester-Koggenland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Avenhorn, Berkhout, De Goorn, Oudendijk, Rustenburg, Scharwoude, Spierdijk, Ursem, Wogmeer (partly), Zuidermeer.

Local government

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Wester-Koggenland consisted of 15 seats, which were divided as follows:

CDA - 5 seats
Gemeentebelangen - 4 seats
VVD - 3 seats
PvdA - 2 seats
Fractie Mollet - 1 seat

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References

Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

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