Graft-De Rijp

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Graft-De Rijp

| settlement_type = Former municipality

| image_skyline = De Rijp-Rechtestraat 38.jpg

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| image_caption = Traditional houses in De Rijp

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| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0365 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Graft-De Rijp in a municipal map of North Holland

| map_caption = Location in North Holland

| coordinates = {{coord|52|33|N|4|51|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Holland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Alkmaar

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1 August 1970

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Graft-De Rijp}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

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|title=Postcodetool for 1483HA

|language=Dutch

|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis

|accessdate=4 March 2014

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|archive-date=21 September 2013

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| timezone = CET

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| timezone_DST = CEST

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| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 1483–1488, 1536

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0299

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Graft-De Rijp ({{IPA|nl|ˌɣrɑvdəˈrɛip|-|394 Graft-De Rijp.ogg}}) is a former municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Since January 2015 it has been a part of Alkmaar.

It is twinned with Chalfont St Giles in England.

Population centres

The municipality of Graft-De Rijp contained the following towns and villages: De Rijp, Graft, Markenbinnen, Noordeinde, Oost-Graftdijk, Starnmeer, West-Graftdijk.

File:De Rijp - Waag.jpg|Former weigh house and Town hall of De Rijp, designed by Jan Leeghwater in 1630

File:Overzicht van de rechter zijgevel met trapgevel - Graft - 20379936 - RCE.jpg|Town Hall of Graft, built in 1613 in the style of Hendrick de Keyser

Local government

The municipal council of Graft-De Rijp consisted of 13 seats, which at the final election, in 2010, were divided as follows:{{Cite web |date=3 March 2010 |title=Graft-De Rijp municipal election 2010|url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20100303/628681 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}

  • PvdA - 5 seats
  • VVD - 3 seats
  • CDA - 3 seats
  • Het Verschil - 2 seats

An election was held in November 2014 for a council for the new merged Alkmaar municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2015, replacing Graft-De Rijp council.{{Cite web |date=19 November 2014 |title=Alkmaar municipal election 2014 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20141119 |access-date=12 June 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}

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