Westwoud
Westwoud | |
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Village | |
 Former town hall of Westwoud | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Westwoud Location of Westwoud in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 52°41′0″N 5°8′0″E / 52.68333°N 5.13333°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Municipality | Drechterland |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.05 km2 (0.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 1,785 |
| • Density | 205.88/km2 (533.2/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Westwouder |
| Postcode | 1617 |
| Area code | 0228 |
Westwoud is a village in the Netherlands. It is located in the region of West Friesland in North Holland, about 4 kilometers northeast of Hoorn. The town is part of the municipality of Drechterland and has a population of 1,785.
Westwoud received city rights in 1414, along with the villages of Westerblokker and Oosterblokker. This mainly meant it could form its own judicial district, which was abolished in 1811. [2] It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1979, when it merged with Hoogkarspel and Oosterblokker to form the municipality Bangert, which was changed to Drechterland in 1980.[3]
Gallery
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Village center -
Saint Martin's Church -
Historic border pole
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2019". CBS StatLine (in Dutch). Statistics Netherlands. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Stede Westwoud". Westfries Archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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