Westwoud is a village in the
Netherlands
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. It is located in the region of
West Friesland in
North Holland, about 4 kilometers northeast of
Hoorn. The town is part of the municipality of
Drechterland
Drechterland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality was formed in 1979, in a merger of the former municipalities of Hoogkarspel, Westwoud and Oosterblokker. Its o ...
and has a population of 1,785.
Westwoud received
city rights in 1414, along with the villages of
Westerblokker and Oosterblokker. This mainly meant it could form its own judicial district, which was abolished in 1811. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1979, when it merged with
Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel ( West Frisian: ''Hougkarspel'') is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The name derives from the words ''hoog'' (D ...
and Oosterblokker to form the municipality Bangert, which was changed to Drechterland in 1980.
Gallery
File:Westwoud.jpg, Village center
File:Westwoud-Sint Martinuskerk.jpg, Saint Martin's Church
File:Banpaal, Westwoud.JPG, Historic border pole
References
Former municipalities of North Holland
Populated places in North Holland
Drechterland
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