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Koggenland (West Frisian: Koggelân) is a municipality in North Holland province and the region of West-Frisia of the Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January 2007 upon the merger of the two former municipalities of Obdam and Wester-Koggenland.

Koggenland
Municipality
Wind mill in Koggenland
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°38′N 4°57′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Established	1 January 2007[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Rob Posthumus (VVD)
Area [3]
• Total	84.08 km² (32.46 sq mi)
• Land	80.32 km² (31.01 sq mi)
• Water	3.76 km² (1.45 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	−3 m (−10 ft)
Population (January 2019)[5]
• Total	22,738
• Density	283/km² (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 1600 and 1700 range
Area code	0226, 0229, 072
Website	www.koggenland.nl

The name of the municipality refers to the historic Kogge from the middle-ages. A kogge or cogge was a jurisdiction area of several villages or bannen (mostly around 4 or 5).

Population centres

Villages:

Hamlets:

Baarsdorpermeer
Berkmeer
De Hulk
Kathoek
Noord-Spierdijk
Noorddijk
Noordermeer
Oosteinde
Obdammerdijk

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Koggenland, July 2015

Notable people

Bernard Claesen Speirdyke (1663, prob. in Spierdijk – 1670) a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer
Jacob Clay (1882 in Berkhout – 1955) a Dutch physicist who studied cosmic rays
Henk Jonker (1912 in Berkhout – 2002) a Dutch photographer, most active in World War II
Sander Lantinga (born 1976 in Biddinghuizen) a radio & TV program maker, a radio-DJ and streaker[6]

Sport

Ron Vlaar (born 1985 in Hensbroek) a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
Jetse Bol (born 1989 in Avenhorn) a professional Dutch road bicycle racer

Gallery

Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, achterzijde, Berkhout
Voormalig Raadhuis, Grosthuizen
Markermeer dike near Scharwoude
Anna Hoeve, Berkhout

References

"Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2007" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2007]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"College van B&W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Koggenland. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 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 1648JG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
IMDb Database retrieved 08 April 2020

External links

Media related to Koggenland at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

v t e Populated places in the municipality of Koggenland
Villages	Avenhorn Berkhout De Goorn Grosthuizen Hensbroek Obdam Oudendijk Rustenburg Scharwoude Spierdijk Ursem (partially) Wogmeer [nl] Zuidermeer
Hamlets	Berkmeer Bobeldijk Noordermeer
List of cities, towns and villages in North Holland

v t e Municipalities of North Holland
Aalsmeer Alkmaar Amstelveen Amsterdam Bergen Beverwijk Blaricum Bloemendaal Castricum Den Helder Diemen Dijk en Waard Drechterland Edam-Volendam Enkhuizen Gooise Meren Haarlem Haarlemmermeer Heemskerk Heemstede Heiloo Hilversum Hollands Kroon Hoorn Huizen Koggenland Landsmeer Laren Medemblik Oostzaan Opmeer Ouder-Amstel Purmerend Schagen Stede Broec Texel Uitgeest Uithoorn Velsen Waterland Wijdemeren Wormerland Zaanstad Zandvoort
See also Netherlands Provinces Municipalities

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На других языках

[de] Koggenland

Koggenland (westfriesisch Koggeland) ist eine Gemeinde in der Region Westfriesland in der niederländischen Provinz Nordholland.

- [en] Koggenland

[ru] Коггенланд

Коггенланд (нидерл. Koggenland) — община и город в нидерландской провинции Северная Голландия. Расположена к северу от Амстердама. Площадь общины — 83,54 км², из них 80,63 км² составляет суша. Население по данным на 1 января 2007 года — 20 022 человека. Средняя плотность населения — 239,7 чел/км².

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