# Koedijk > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Koedijk > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Koedijk.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koedijk > Source revision: 1348488977 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Koedijk | settlement_type = Village | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = Koedijk - Sluismolen.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Koedijk - ''Sluismolen '' | image_flag = | image_shield = Koedijk wapen.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland | pushpin_label_position = top | 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 | subdivision_name1 = [North Holland](/source/North_Holland) | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = [Alkmaar](/source/Alkmaar)
[Dijk en Waard](/source/Dijk_en_Waard) | elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1831AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 28 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }} | elevation_m = -0.2 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 4.71 | 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=28 April 2022|quote=Two entries; Alkmaar stats are combined with De Weijdt}} | population_total = 2,695 | 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 = 1831 & 1832 | area_code_type = [Dialing code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands) | area_code = 072 | coordinates = {{coord|52|40|30|N|4|44|54|E|region:NL|display=title, inline}} }} '''Koedijk''' is a village in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), in the province of [North Holland](/source/North_Holland). It is now part of both [Alkmaar](/source/Alkmaar) and of [Dijk en Waard](/source/Dijk_en_Waard),Until 2022 of [Langedijk](/source/Langedijk); this municipality merged with [Heerhugowaard](/source/Heerhugowaard) into Dijk en Waard. but before 1972, those two parts were a separate municipality that was first mentioned in the 14th century. Koedijk is most famous for its annual ''gondelvaart'' (gondola parade)[http://www.gondelvaartkoedijk.nl/ www.gondelvaartkoedijk.nl] on the third Saturday of August. The name ''Koedijk'' means ''cow dyke''.{{cite book|last1=Fuykschot|first1=Cornelia|title=Hunger in Holland: Life During the Nazi Occupation|date=1995|publisher=Prometheus Books|location=Amherst, New York|isbn=0-87975-987-9|page=136|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dF_M1y1LncC&pg=PA136|accessdate=August 19, 2017}} The Coedijc was the dike that protected the village of [Vronen](/source/Vronen) from the waters of the [Rekere](/source/Rekere) (or Recker), a tidal stream that ran about where the [Noordhollandsch Kanaal](/source/Noordhollandsch_Kanaal) is now located. The village of Vronen was completely abandoned in 1297. The population was displaced when the village was destroyed after the battle between [West Friesland](/source/West_Friesland_(region)) and Holland, and relocated to the Coedijc. The old area of Vronen belonged to the new parish of Koedijk from then on. Koedijk is, {{as of|2017|lc=yes}}, the location of two of the five operational [vlotbrug](/source/vlotbrug)gen ("float bridges"): Koedijkervlotbrug and Rekervlotbrug. ==Notable people== * [Johannes Megapolensis](/source/Johannes_Megapolensis) (1603–1670), missionary to the [Mohawk people](/source/Mohawk_people) in [New Netherland](/source/New_Netherland) * [Jan Buiskool](/source/Jan_Buiskool) (1899–1960), lawyer and Prime Minister of Suriname{{cite web|url=https://www.suriname.nu/701vips/belangrijke37.html |title=Johannes Buiskool|website=Suriname.nu|access-date=11 April 2021|language=nl}} == Gallery == File:Zonnehof tehuis eetzaal, hoek Zonneweid Tussen ongeveer de jaren 1960 en 1990 heeft de Afdeling Monu - RAA-DMGA-01805 - RAA Elsinga.jpg|Retirement home File:Houten zaalkerk met op de voorgrond een vrijstaande stalen klokkentoren - Koedijk - 20396715 - RCE.jpg|Wooden Dutch Reformed church with steel belfry File:FloatingBridgeKoedijk.jpg|Floating bridge File:Koedijk 1790 (25325018974).jpg|Painting of Koedijk (1790) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} {{Dutch municipality Dijk en Waard}} {{Dutch municipality Alkmaar}} {{Authority control}} Category:Populated places in North Holland Category:Former municipalities of North Holland Category:Geography of Dijk en Waard Category:Alkmaar --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Koedijk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koedijk) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koedijk?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.