Westwoud

Village in North Holland, Netherlands

Westwoud

Village

Former town hall of Westwoud

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Westwoud

Location of Westwoud in the Netherlands

Coordinates: 52°41′0″N 5°8′0″E﻿ / ﻿52.68333°N 5.13333°E﻿ / 52.68333; 5.13333
Country| Netherlands
Province| North Holland
Municipality| Drechterland
Area

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• Total

| 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
• Land| 8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi)
• Water| 0.05 km2 (0.02 sq mi)
Population

(2019)[1]

• Total

| 1,785
• Density| 205.88/km2 (533.2/sq mi)
Demonym| Westwouder
Postcode|

1617

Area code| 0228

Westwoud is a village in the Netherlands. It is located in the region of West Friesland in North Holland, about 4 kilometers northeast of Hoorn. The town is part of the municipality of Drechterland and has a population of 1,785.

Westwoud received city rights in 1414, along with the villages of Westerblokker and Oosterblokker. This mainly meant it could form its own judicial district, which was abolished in 1811. [2] It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1979, when it merged with Hoogkarspel and Oosterblokker to form the municipality Bangert, which was changed to Drechterland in 1980.[3]

## Gallery

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* Village center

* Saint Martin's Church

* Historic border pole

## References

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1. ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2019". CBS StatLine (in Dutch). Statistics Netherlands. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. ^ "Stede Westwoud". Westfries Archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

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Populated places in the municipality of Drechterland

Villages|

* Hem
* Hoogkarspel
* Oosterblokker
* Oosterleek
* Schellinkhout
* Venhuizen
* Westwoud
* Wijdenes

Hamlets|

* Blokdijk
* Oosterwijzend
* Westerwijzend

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