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Wormerland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɔrmərlɑnt] (listen)) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Wormerland
Municipality
The town of Wormer
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°30′N 4°49′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Established	1 January 1991
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Peter Tange (GL)
Area [2]
• Total	45.18 km2 (17.44 sq mi)
• Land	38.59 km2 (14.90 sq mi)
• Water	6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (January 2019)[4]
• Total	16,329
• Density	423/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1456–1458, 1530–1534, 1546
Area code	0299, 075
Website	www.wormerland.nl

Population centres

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

It borders the municipalities of:

Local government

The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

• PvdA - 4 - 25,21% - 1842 votes
• GroenLinks - 4 - 19,86% - 1451 votes
• Liberaal WL - 3 - 21,09% - 1541 votes
• VVD - 3 - 17,13% - 1252 votes
• CDA - 3 - 16,71% - 1221 votes

Sport facilities

Soccer clubs:

• WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer
• VV Jisp - Jisp
• VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam
• DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer
• PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer)
• ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer)

Notable people

• Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
• Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009) organist and professor of Romance languages
• Martin Bosma (born 1964) politician and former journalist

Sport

• Klaas de Groot (1919–1994) wrestler, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928) sprint canoer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Dick Wayboer (born 1936) a sailor, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Piet de Wit (born 1946) retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
• Arend Bloem (born 1947) sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Gallery

• 
  Town hall of Wormerland
• 
  Wormer
• 
  Wormer-Dorpstraat 298
• 
  Neck, dorp in de gemeente Wormerland

References

External links

• Media related to Wormerland at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Wormerland

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[ru] Вормерланд

Вормерланд (нидерл. Wormerland) — община в нидерландской провинции Северная Голландия. Расположен в центральной части общины, к северу от Амстердама. Площадь общины — 45,14 км², из них суша составляет 38,8 км². Население по данным на 2011 год — 15 789 человек; средняя плотность населения — 349,8 чел/км².

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