Wijdemeren
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Wijdemeren
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Flying over Netherlands (Unsplash).jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Loosdrechtse Plassen
| image_flag = Wijdemeren vlag.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Wijdemeren.svg
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt =
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1696 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Wijdemeren in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption = Location in North Holland
| coordinates = {{coord|52|12|N|5|9|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = North Holland
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1 January 2002{{cite web
|url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2002/default.htm
|title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2002
|trans-title = Municipal divisions on 1 January 2002
|language = nl
|website = cbs.nl
|publisher = CBS
|access-date = 24 March 2014}}
| government_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = https://www.wijdemeren.nl/college
|title = College van burgemeester en wethouders
|language = nl
|publisher = Gemeente Wijdemeren
|access-date = 23 June 2024}}
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party = VVD
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = M.L. Verheijen
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}
| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Wijdemeren}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Wijdemeren}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Wijdemeren}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 1231KB
|language = nl
|author =
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|access-date = 24 March 2014}}
| elevation_m = 1
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| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Wijdemeren}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Wijdemeren}}
| population_demonym =
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 1230–1244, 1394, 3625
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0294, 035
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.wijdemeren.nl}}
| footnotes =
}}
Wijdemeren ({{IPA|nl|ˌʋɛidəˈmeːrə(n)|-|Nl-Wijdemeren.ogg}}) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region.
Wijdemeren contains many lakes, including Spiegelplas and Ankeveense Plassen in the north(east) and Loosdrechtse Plassen in the (south)west.
Wijdemeren was established as a merger of 's-Graveland, Loosdrecht, and Nederhorst den Berg on 1 January 2002. The former municipality of Loosdrecht belonged to the province of Utrecht.
Population centres
The municipality of Wijdemeren includes the following small towns and villages:
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
- Ankeveen
- Boomhoek
- Breukeleveen
- 's-Graveland
- Kortenhoef
- Muyeveld
- Nederhorst den Berg
- Nieuw-Loosdrecht
- Oud-Loosdrecht.
}}
=Topography=
File:2013-Wijdemeren.jpg
Map of the municipality of Wijdemeren, 2013.
Local government
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Parties
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |Seats{{Cite web |date=19 March 2014|title=Wijdemeren municipal election 2014 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20140319/662376 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}} ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |Seats{{Cite web |date=21 March 2018|title=Wijdemeren municipal election 2018 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20180321/671701 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}} ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |Seats{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022|title=Wijdemeren municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731087 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}} |
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style="text-align:left;" |De Lokale Partij
| - | 4 | 8 |
style="text-align:left;" |CDA
| 7 | 4 | 3 |
style="text-align:left;" |Dorpsbelangen
| 4 | 4 | 2 |
style="text-align:left;" |VVD
| 3 | 3 | 2 |
style="text-align:left;" |D66
| 3 | 2 | 1 |
style="text-align:left;" |PvdA-GL
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
style="text-align:left;" |CU
| - | - | 1 |
style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 19 !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 19 !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 19 |
Notable people
- Jan Jacob Spöhler (1811–1866) painter
- Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823–1906) poet and novelist
- Barend Klaas Kuiper (1877–1961) history professor and author, wrote on Dutch Calvinist church history
- Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985) Dutch American mathematician and economist, joint winner of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012) keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
- Feike Sijbesma (born 1959) CEO of DSM
- Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (born 1973) politician and diplomat
= Sport =
- Nelleke Penninx (born 1971) retired rower, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Jip Vastenburg (born 1994) long-distance athlete, competeted in the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gallery
File:Kortenhoefsedijk 155.png|Kortenhoefs dijk,
File:Loenen Mijndense Sluis 2.JPG|Loenen Mijndense Sluis
File:Nederhorst Den Berg RK kerk - panoramio.jpg|Nederhorst Den Berg RK kerk
File:Mijndense sluis.JPG|Mijndense sluis
File:Betonnen werken Hinderdam - Kijkuit - Unknown - 20533296 - RCE.jpg|Betonnen werken Hinderdam - Kijkuit
Notes
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.wijdemeren.nl}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Wijdemeren
| North = Amsterdam
| East = Hilversum
| Southwest = Stichtse Vecht (UT)
}}
{{Dutch municipality Wijdemeren}}
{{North Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of North Holland
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2002
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