Wormerland () is a municipality in the
Netherlands
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, in the province of
North Holland.
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:
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PvdA - 4 - 25,21% - 1842 votes
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GroenLinks
GroenLinks (, ) is a green political party in the Netherlands.
It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and t ...
- 4 - 19,86% - 1451 votes
* Liberaal WL - 3 - 21,09% - 1541 votes
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VVD
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberalRudy Andeweg, Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingsto ...
- 3 - 17,13% - 1252 votes
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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
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Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
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Ewald Kooiman
Ewald Kooiman (June 14, 1938 in Wormer, North Holland – January 25, 2009 in Hurghada), was a Dutch organist. He studied organ in Amsterdam with Piet Kee and with Jean Langlais in Paris. In addition, he was professor of Romance languages.
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(1938–2009) organist and professor of Romance languages
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Martin Bosma (born 1964) politician and former journalist
Sport
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Klaas de Groot
Klaas de Groot (born 3 November 1940, Bergen, Limburg) is Emeritus Professor at the Tissue Engineering Group at the University of Twente. In the past he also worked as a visiting scientist at the UCLA bone research laboratory. His work has focuse ...
(1919–1994) wrestler, competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
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Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928) sprint canoer, competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
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Dick Wayboer (born 1936) a sailor, competed at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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Piet de Wit (born 1946) retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
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Arend Bloem (born 1947) sprint canoer who competed at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 P ...
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Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
Gallery
File:Nashville wormerland.jpg, Town hall of Wormerland
File:Wormer 040.JPG, Wormer
File:Wormer-Dorpstraat 298.jpg, Wormer-Dorpstraat 298
File:Neck, dorp in de gemeente Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland (2008).jpg, Neck, dorp in de gemeente Wormerland
References
External links
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Official website
Municipalities of North Holland
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