Wijdewormer
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Wijdewormer is a hamlet in the Dutch
province of North Holland
. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland
, about 5 km east of the town of Wormer
, in the polder
"De Wijde Wormer".
Wijdewormer was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1991, when itbecame a part of Wormerland.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of North Holland
North Holland
North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland
Wormerland
Wormerland is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.- Population centres :The municipality of Wormerland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Jisp, Neck, Oostknollendam, Spijkerboor, Wijdewormer, Wormer.It borders the municipalities...
, about 5 km east of the town of Wormer
Wormer
Wormer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 13 km northwest of Amsterdam.In 2006, the town of Wormer had 12566 inhabitants...
, in the polder
Polder
A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually-operated devices...
"De Wijde Wormer".
Wijdewormer was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1991, when itbecame a part of Wormerland.