Wijdemeren

Wijdemeren (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of Het Gooi region.

Wijdemeren
Municipality
Loosdrechtse Plassen
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°12′N 5°9′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Established	1 January 2002[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Freek Ossel (acting) (PvdA)
Area [3]
• Total	76.36 km^2 (29.48 sq mi)
• Land	47.86 km^2 (18.48 sq mi)
• Water	28.50 km^2 (11.00 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (January 2019)[5]
• Total	24,013
• Density	502/km^2 (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.nl

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:

• Ankeveen
• Boomhoek
• Breukeleveen
• 's-Graveland
• Kortenhoef
• Muyeveld
• Nederhorst den Berg
• Nieuw-Loosdrecht
• Oud-Loosdrecht.

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

1. "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2002" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2002]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
2. "Dhr. M.E. Smit" (in Dutch). Gemeente Wijdemeren. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
4. "Postcodetool for 1231KB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
5. "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