Wijdenes

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| name = Wijdenes

| settlement_type = Village

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| image_skyline = File:Wijdenes3.jpg

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| image_shield = Wijdenes wapen.svg

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland

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| 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 = Drechterland

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1608EA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 29 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = -0.9

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| area_total_km2 = 10.20

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| population_footnotes = {{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=29 April 2022 |quote=Includes Drieban}}

| population_total = 1,390

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 1608

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0229

| coordinates = {{coord|52|38|N|5|09|E|region:NL_type:city|display=inline, title}}

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Wijdenes (West Frisian: Venès) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Drechterland and the region of West-Frisia.

The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Widenesse, and means "wide headland".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/wijdenes |title=Wijdenes - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=nl}} Wijdenes started as a peat excavation settlement in the 12th century.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0184.php |title=Wijdenes |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=29 April 2022}} In 1282, a castle was built near the village by the count of Holland, but it was destroyed in 1296 by armies of West-Frisia.

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1619 after the medieval church burnt down in 1616. The tower is from around 1500 and the balustrade and spire were added in 1839. The church is no longer in service, and is used as a recording studio and residential home.

Wijdenes was home to 347 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/wijdenes |title=Wijdenes |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=nl}} It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1970, when it was merged with Venhuizen.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}