# Langedijk
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Langedijk
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| image_skyline = Twuyvermolen in Sint Pancras.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Windmill in [Sint Pancras](/source/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](/source/Netherlands)
| subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands)
| subdivision_name1 = [North Holland](/source/North_Holland)
| subdivision_type2 = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands)
| subdivision_name2 = [Dijk en Waard](/source/Dijk_en_Waard)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = [{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}]
| 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 = [{{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
}}]
| elevation_m = −1
| elevation_max_footnotes =
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| population_footnotes = [{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}]
| 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](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [Postcode](/source/Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands)
| postal_code = 1720–1724, 1830–1834
| area_code_type = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands)
| area_code = 0226, 072
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Langedijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌlɑŋəˈdɛik|lang|Nl-Langedijk.ogg}}; [West Frisian Dutch](/source/West_Frisian_Dutch): ''Langedìk'') is a former municipality in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), in the province of [North Holland](/source/North_Holland) and the region of [West-Frisia](/source/West_Friesland_(region)). Langedijk received [city rights](/source/City_rights_in_the_Netherlands) in 1415.
Langedijk and the former municipality of [Heerhugowaard](/source/Heerhugowaard) merged into the new municipality of [Dijk en Waard](/source/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](/source/Broek_op_Langedijk)
* [Koedijk](/source/Koedijk) (partly)
* [Noord-Scharwoude](/source/Noord-Scharwoude)
* [Oudkarspel](/source/Oudkarspel)
* [Sint Pancras](/source/Sint_Pancras)
* [Zuid-Scharwoude](/source/Zuid-Scharwoude).
}}
== Topography ==
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''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](/source/2018_Dutch_municipal_elections) divided as follows:[{{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}}]
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* Dorpsbelang Langedijk (4 seats)
* [VVD](/source/People's_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy) (4 seats)
* Kleurrijk Langedijk (3 seats)
* [CDA](/source/Christian_Democratic_Appeal) (2 seats)
* [GroenLinks](/source/GroenLinks) (2 seats)
* Senioren Langedijk (2 seats)
* [PvdA](/source/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)) (1 seat)
* Hart voor Langedijk/[D66](/source/Democrats_66) (2 seats)
* [ChristenUnie](/source/Christian_Union_(Netherlands)) (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.[{{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}}]
== Notable people ==
160px|thumb|J. Bernlef, 2008
* [Johannes Hertenberg](/source/Johannes_Hertenberg) (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th [Dutch Governor of Ceylon](/source/List_of_governors_of_Dutch_Ceylon) from 1723 until his death
* [Theo Nieuwenhuis](/source/Theo_Nieuwenhuis) (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude – 1951) a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
* [Berend Tobia Boeyinga](/source/Berend_Tobia_Boeyinga) (1886 in Noord-Scharwoude – 1969) a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings
* [Laurens Bogtman](/source/Laurens_Bogtman) (1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969) a Dutch baritone
* Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937 in Sint Pancras – 2012), pen name, ''[J. Bernlef](/source/J._Bernlef)'', a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator
=== Sport ===
* [Jan Langedijk](/source/Jan_Langedijk) (1910 in Oudkarspel – 1981), a Dutch speed skater who competed at the [1936](/source/1936_Winter_Olympics) and [1948 Winter Olympics](/source/1948_Winter_Olympics)
* [Gerard Kamper](/source/Gerard_Kamper) (1950 in Koedijk – 2026), a Dutch cyclist
* [Jan Blokhuijsen](/source/Jan_Blokhuijsen) (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude), a Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the [2014 Winter Olympics](/source/2014_Winter_Olympics)
== Gallery ==
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
== 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](/source/Schagen)
| East = [Heerhugowaard](/source/Heerhugowaard)
| South = [Alkmaar](/source/Alkmaar)
| West = [Bergen](/source/Bergen%2C_North_Holland)
}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Former municipalities of North Holland
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022
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