Wijdemeren

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Wijdemeren
Loosdrechtse Plassen
Loosdrechtse Plassen
Flag of Wijdemeren
Coat of arms of Wijdemeren
Highlighted position of Wijdemeren in a municipal map of North Holland
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°12′N 5°9′E / 52.200°N 5.150°E / 52.200; 5.150Coordinates: 52°12′N 5°9′E / 52.200°N 5.150°E / 52.200; 5.150
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
Established1 January 2002[1]
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorFreek Ossel (acting) (PvdA)
Area
 • Total76.36 km2 (29.48 sq mi)
 • Land47.60 km2 (18.38 sq mi)
 • Water28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi)
Elevation1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[5]
 • Total24,013
 • Density504/km2 (1,310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
1230–1244, 1394, 3625
Area code0294, 035
Websitewww.wijdemeren.nl

Wijdemeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛidəˈmeːrə(n)] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region.

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[edit]

The municipality of Wijdemeren consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Topography[edit]

2013-Wijdemeren.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Wijdemeren, 2013.

Local government[edit]

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[edit]

Tjalling Koopmans, 1967

Sport[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  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.

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