Wijdemeren
Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands
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Wijdemeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛidəˈmeːrə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region.
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Wijdemeren | |
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Loosdrechtse Plassen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in North Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′N 5°9′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Established | 1 January 2002[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | M.L. Verheijen (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 76.36 km2 (29.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 47.60 km2 (18.38 sq mi) |
| • Water | 28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 24,463 |
| • Density | 514/km2 (1,330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 1230–1244, 1394, 3625 |
| Area code | 0294, 035 |
| Website | wijdemeren.nl |
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.
On 1 January 2027 Wijdemeren will be merged into the municipality of Hilversum.[6]
Population centres
The municipality of Wijdemeren includes the following small towns and villages:
Topography
Map of the municipality of Wijdemeren, 2013.
Local government
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
Kortenhoefs dijk,
Loenen Mijndense Sluis
Nederhorst Den Berg RK kerk
Mijndense sluis
Betonnen werken Hinderdam - Kijkuit
