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Wormerland

The town of Wormer

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in North Holland

Established

1 January 1991

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

45.18 km² (17.44 sq mi)

• Land

38.74 km² (14.96 sq mi)

• Water

6.44 km² (2.49 sq mi)

Elevation

−1 m (−3.3 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

15,754

• Density

407/km² (1,050/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

1456–1458, 1530–1534, 1546

Area code

0299, 075

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

Population centres
Sport facilities
Notable people
- Sport
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See also

Population centres

The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:

Jisp
Neck
Oostknollendam
Spijkerboor
Wijdewormer
Wormer

It borders the municipalities of:

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

Piet de Wit, 1973

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

David Harrison