Wijdemeren
Wijdemeren (
Wijdemeren | |
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![]() Loosdrechtse Plassen | |
![]() Flag ![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location in North Holland | |
Coordinates: 52°12′N 5°9′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | ![]() |
Established | 1 January 2002[1] |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Freek Ossel (acting) (PvdA) |
Area | |
• Total | 76.36 km2 (29.48 sq mi) |
• Land | 47.86 km2 (18.48 sq mi) |
• Water | 28.50 km2 (11.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (January 2019)[5] | |
• Total | 24,013 |
• Density | 502/km2 (1,300/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.
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 |
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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
![](../I/m/TjallingKoopmans1967.jpg)
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" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- "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.
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