# Ilpendam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ilpendam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ilpendam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilpendam > Source revision: 1348827025 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Ilpendam | settlement_type = [Village](/source/Village) | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = IlpendamView.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Ilpendam 1976 vlag.svg | image_shield = Ilpendam wapen.svg | nickname = | motto = | pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) | subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands) | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|North Holland}} | subdivision_type2 = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Netherlands) | subdivision_name2 = [Waterland](/source/Waterland) | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1452AE |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 May 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }} | elevation_m = -3.2 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 2.47 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 May 2022}} | population_total = 1,785 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands) | postal_code = 1452 | area_code_type = [Dialing code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands) | area_code = 020 | coordinates = {{coord|52|28|N|4|57|E|region:NL_type:city(1780)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = }} '''Ilpendam''' is a village in the [province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands) of [North Holland](/source/North_Holland), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). It is a part of the [municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Netherlands) of [Waterland](/source/Waterland), and lies about 4 km south of [Purmerend](/source/Purmerend). It covers an area of 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) and had 1,780 inhabitants in 2008. Ilpendam was part of the [Free and high Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam](/source/Free_and_high_Lordship_of_Purmerend%2C_Purmerland_and_Ilpendam). ==History== The village was first mentioned in 1408 as Ypeldamme, and means "dam in the Ilp river".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ilpendam |title=Ilpendam - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=nl}} Ilpendam developed in the 12th century at the mouth of the Ilp as a linear settlement.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0090.php |title=Ilpendam |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=2 May 2022}} The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church built in 1656 to replace the medieval church burnt down in 1640. The tower was built in 1855. The man standing highlighted at centre on [Rembrandt](/source/Rembrandt)s [Night Watch](/source/Night_Watch_(painting)) painting is [Frans Banning Cocq](/source/Frans_Banning_Cocq). He was [Mayor](/source/Burgemeester) of [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), ''Lord of [Purmerland](/source/Purmerland) and Ilpendam'' and ''Lord of Ilpenstein castle''. Ilpendam was a separate municipality until 1991.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} Until 1872 there was a castle, called [Ilpenstein](/source/Ilpenstein), of the ''Lordship of Purmerland and Ilpendam''. == Notable persons of Ilpendam == * [Gerrit de Graeff (IV) van Zuid-Polsbroek](/source/Gerrit_de_Graeff_(IV)_van_Zuid-Polsbroek) (1797–1870), vrijheer van Zuid-Polsbroek, Purmerland and Ilpendam, patrician of Amsterdam * [Mona Keijzer](/source/Mona_Keijzer) (born 1968), politician == Gallery == File:Overzicht noordgevel en geveltoren met ingesnoerde spits - Ilpendam - 20403759 - RCE.jpg|Dutch Reformed church File:Ilpendam dorpsgezicht.jpg|Street view File:(1725-1792) Het huis Ilpenstein of Ilpendam door Aert Schouman naar Willem de Heer.jpeg|Ilpenstein Castle (18th century) File:Dorpsstraat 12, Ilpendam.jpg|Houses in Ilpendam ==See also== * [Free and high Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam](/source/Free_and_high_Lordship_of_Purmerend%2C_Purmerland_and_Ilpendam) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Ilpendam}} {{Dutch municipality Waterland}} {{Authority control}} Category:Populated places in North Holland Category:Former municipalities of North Holland Category:Lords of Purmerland and Ilpendam Category:Waterland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ilpendam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilpendam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilpendam?action=history)). 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