Wormerland is a municipality in the Netherlands

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...

, in the 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:...

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Population centres

The municipality of Wormerland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Jisp

Jisp (town)

Jisp is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 8 km west of Purmerend....

, Neck, Oostknollendam

Oostknollendam

Oostknollendam is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 10 km east of IJmond.In 2001, the town of Oostknollendam had 308 inhabitants...

, Spijkerboor

Spijkerboor (North Holland)

Spijkerboor is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 10 km west of Purmerend....

, Wijdewormer

Wijdewormer

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"....

, 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...

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It borders the municipalities Beemster

Beemster

Beemster is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Also, the Beemster is the first so-called polder in the Netherlands that was reclaimed from a lake, the water being extracted out of the lake by windmills. The Beemster Polder was dried during the period 1609 through...

, Graft-De Rijp

Graft-De Rijp

Graft-De Rijp is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.It is twinned with Chalfont St Giles in England.-Population centres :...

, Zaanstad

Zaanstad

Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.-Population centres:...

, Oostzaan

Oostzaan

Oostzaan is a municipality and a town in the Zaanstreek, Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town has a population of 9.104 inhabitats in december 2010. Oostzaan has got 11.49 km² land and 4.64 km² water....

, Landsmeer

Landsmeer

Landsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-Population centres :The municipality of Landsmeer consists of the three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland.- Local government :...

 and Purmerend

Purmerend

Purmerend is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slow. Only after 1960 did the population...

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Local government

The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

PvdA

Labour Party (Netherlands)

The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...

 - 4 - 25,21% - 1842 votes

GroenLinks - 4 - 19,86% - 1451 votes

Liberaal WL - 3 - 21,09% - 1541 votes

VVD

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...

 - 3 - 17,13% - 1252 votes

CDA

Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...

- 3 - 16,71% - 1221 votes

Sport facilities

Soccer:

WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer

VV Jisp - Jisp

VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam

DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer

PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer)

ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer)