{{Infobox settlement | name = Watergang | settlement_type = Village | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:WLM - M.arjon - Watergang Dorpsstraat 68.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Houses in Watergang | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = <!-- | image_map = LocatieWaterland.png | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Waterland - Watergang.png | map_caption1 = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Watergang in the municipality of Waterland. --> | 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 | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Holland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Waterland | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1454AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 May 2022 |archive-date = 24 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181224221828/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = -0.9 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 4.65 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{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}}</ref> | population_total = 570 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 1454<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 020 | website = | coordinates = {{coord|52|26|N|4|57|E|region:NL_type:city(420)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = }}
'''Watergang''' ({{Audio|Watergang.ogg |<small>pronunciation</small>}}, literally "water passage") is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Waterland, North Holland, about seven kilometres (four miles) north of Amsterdam, on the east bank of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal.
The village was first mentioned in 1343 as "van waterganghe", and means canal. It refers to the waterway between Monnickendam and Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/watergang2 |title=Watergang - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The canal developed during the peat excavation of the 12th century, and Watergang developed as a linear settlement along the canal. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1642 and was restored in 1832.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/watergang |title=Watergang |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
==People from Watergang== * Alexander Johan Berman, Dutch Reformed Minister of Watergang * Simon Berman, Watergang-born mayor of Schagen, Bedum, and Alblasserdam
== Gallery == <gallery> Image:Watergang, kerk in straatzicht foto3 2011-04-17 14.03.JPG|Watergang, church in the street File:Dorpsstraat 55, Watergang 01.jpg|Farm in Watergang </gallery>
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{{Dutch municipality Waterland}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in North Holland Category:Waterland
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