Langedijk

{{Listen| filename = Langedijk.ogg |title = Listen to this article (3 minutes) |type = speech |description = This audio file was created from a revision of this article dated 18 Dec 2021, and does not reflect subsequent edits. }} {{distinguish|Langedijke}} {{Infobox settlement   | name = Langedijk | settlement_type = Former municipality  | image_skyline = Twuyvermolen in Sint Pancras.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Windmill in Sint Pancras | image_flag = Langedijk vlag.svg | flag_size = 100x67px | flag_alt = | image_shield = Coat of arms of Langedijk.svg | shield_size = 100x80px | shield_alt =  | image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0416 (2009).svg | map_alt = Highlighted position of Langedijk in a municipal map of North Holland | map_caption = Location of the former municipality of Langedijk in North Holland | coordinates = {{coord|52|41|N|4|48|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Holland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Dijk en Waard  | unit_pref = Metric   | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>  | area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Langedijk}} | area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Langedijk}} | area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Langedijk}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title=Postcodetool for 1722GX |language=Dutch |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis |accessdate=13 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |archivedate=21 September 2013 }}</ref> | elevation_m = −1 | elevation_max_footnotes =  | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_footnotes =  | elevation_min_m =  | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref> | population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Langedijk}} | population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}} | population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Langedijk}}  | population_demonym =  | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = 1720–1724, 1830–1834 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 0226, 072 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Langedijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌlɑŋəˈdɛik|lang|Nl-Langedijk.ogg}}; 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: {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Broek op Langedijk * Koedijk (partly) * Noord-Scharwoude * Oudkarspel * Sint Pancras * Zuid-Scharwoude. }} == Topography ==

300px<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:<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2018 |title=Langedijk municipal election 2018 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20180321/671686|access-date=9 June 2024|website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Dorpsbelang Langedijk (4 seats) * VVD (4 seats) * Kleurrijk Langedijk (3 seats) * CDA (2 seats) * GroenLinks (2 seats) * Senioren Langedijk (2 seats) * PvdA (1 seat) * Hart voor Langedijk/D66 (2 seats) * ChristenUnie (1 seat) }} 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2021 |title= Dijk en Waard municipal election 2021 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20211124/687431 |access-date=9 June 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

== Notable people == 160px|thumb|J. Bernlef, 2008 * 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 (1950 in Koedijk – 2026), a Dutch cyclist * Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude), a Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics

== Gallery == <gallery mode=packed> File:Broekerveiling.JPG|Broekerveiling File:Noord-Scharwoude 12-2-13 007.jpg|Noord-Scharwoude File:Houten zaalkerk met op de voorgrond een vrijstaande stalen klokkentoren - Koedijk - 20396714 - RCE.jpg|Wooden church and steel bell tower - Koedijk File:20180629 Allemanskerk1 Oudkarspel.jpg|Allemanskerk - Oudkarspel File:Vergezicht met molen en houten loopbrug - Sint Pancras - 20364304 - RCE.jpg|Old mill - Sint Pancras </gallery>

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links == *{{commons category-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042652/https://www.gemeentelangedijk.nl Official website of former municipality]

{{Geographic location | Centre = Langedijk | North = Schagen | East = Heerhugowaard | South = Alkmaar | West = Bergen }} {{Authority control}}

Category:Former municipalities of North Holland Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022 *