Wijdewormer

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Wijdewormer
Hamlet
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Wijdewormer
Location in the Netherlands
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Wijdewormer
Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°29′29″N4°52′11″E / 52.49139°N 4.86972°E / 52.49139; 4.86972
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Municipality Wormerland
Area
[1]
 • Total8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Elevation
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−1.9 m (−6.2 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total275
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1456 [1]
Dialing code 0299

Wijdewormer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, about 5 km east of the town of Wormer, in the polder "De Wijde Wormer". De Wijde Wormer was poldered in 1626. [3]

Wijdewormer was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1991, when it became a part of Wormerland. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 1456AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Wijdewormer". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten , KNAW, 2011.


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