Wormerland

Wormerland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Population centres

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

It borders the municipalities of:

Local government

The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:

• Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
• VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
• GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
• PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
• CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
• D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 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

• 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

Gallery

References

External links

• Official website