Langedijk

Langedijk (; West Frisian Dutch: Langedìk) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Langedijk received city rights in 1415.

Langedijk and the former municipality of Heerhugowaard merged into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard on 1 January 2022.

Population centres

The former municipality of Langedijk contained the following small towns and villages:

Topography

<br/>Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015

Local government

The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which at the last elections in 2018 divided as follows:

Elections were held in November 2021 for a council for the new merged municipality of Dijk en Waard, that included Langedijk, which commenced work in January 2022.

Notable people

• Johannes Hertenberg (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death
• Theo Nieuwenhuis (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude – 1951) a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
• Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886 in Noord-Scharwoude – 1969) a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings
• Laurens Bogtman (1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969) a Dutch baritone
• Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937 in Sint Pancras – 2012), pen name, J. Bernlef, a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator

Sport

• Jan Langedijk (1910 in Oudkarspel – 1981) a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics
• Gerard Kamper (born 1950 in Koedijk) a retired Dutch cyclist
• Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude) Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Gallery

References

External links

• Official website of former municipality