Landsmeer | |
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 Landsmeer town centre | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in North Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′N 4°55′E / 52.433°N 4.917°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Léon de Lange (D66) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.50 km2 (10.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 22.53 km2 (8.70 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 11,565 |
| • Density | 513/km2 (1,330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 1120–1127, 1451 |
| Area code | 020 |
| Website | www |
Landsmeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlɑntsˈmeːr] ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Population centres
The municipality of Landsmeer consists of three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland.
Topography
Map of the municipality of Landsmeer, June 2015
Local government
The municipal council of Landsmeer has 15 seats, which at the 2022 local election were divided as follows:[5]
- Lokaal Landsmeer - 4 seats
- D66 - 3 seats
- VVD - 2 seats
- Positief Landsmeer - 2 seats
- GroenLinks - 2 seats
- PvdA - 1 seat
- CDA - 1 seat
Town twinning
Landsmeer is twinned with the following towns:
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Notable people
- Sam Olij (1900–1975) a Dutch heavyweight boxer, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, member of the national socialist NSB party in WWII
- Jaap Oudkerk (1937– 2024) cyclist, competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
- Bernt Schneiders (born 1959) a Dutch politician, mayor of Landsmeer 1995–2001
- Cor Bakker (born 1961) a Dutch pianist
- Enzo Stroo (born 1994) a Dutch footballer
Gallery
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Ferry, Ilpendam - Landsmeer -
Landsmeer, Little Church -
Meadows, polders, windmills and much water in North Holland -
Landsmeer, Dorpsstraat 53
References
- ^ "College van burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Landsmeer. Retrieved 13 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 1121XC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Landsmeer municipal election 2022". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
External links
Media related to Landsmeer at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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