Wormerland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Population centres

The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:

It borders the municipalities of:

Local government

The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:

  • Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
  • VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
  • GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
  • PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
  • CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
  • D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 votes

Sport facilities

Soccer clubs:

  • WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer
  • VV Jisp - Jisp
  • VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam
  • DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer
  • PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer)
  • ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer)

Notable people

140px|thumb|Piet de Wit, 1973

  • Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
  • Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009) organist and professor of Romance languages
  • Martin Bosma (born 1964) politician and former journalist

Sport

  • Klaas de Groot (1919–1994) wrestler, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  • Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928) sprint canoer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  • Dick Wayboer (born 1936) a sailor, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  • Piet de Wit (born 1946) retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
  • Arend Bloem (1947-2025) sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  • Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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File:Nashville wormerland.jpg|Town hall of Wormerland

File:Wormer 040.JPG|Wormer

File:Wormer-Dorpstraat 298.jpg|Wormer-Dorpstraat 298

File:Neck, dorp in de gemeente Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland (2008).jpg|Neck, village in Wormerland municipality

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References

  • Official website