Langedijk
Langedijk is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Langedijk received city rights in 1415.
Langedijk and the former municipality of Heerhugowaard merged into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard on 1 January 2022.
Population centres
The former municipality of Langedijk contained the following small towns and villages:Topography
''Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015''
Local government
The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which at the last 2018 [Dutch municipal elections|elections in 2018] divided as follows:Elections were held in November 2021 for a council for the new merged municipality of Dijk en Waard, that included Langedijk, which commenced work in January 2022.
Notable people
- Johannes Hertenberg the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death
- Theo Nieuwenhuis a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
- Berend Tobia Boeyinga a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings
- Laurens Bogtman a Dutch baritone
- Hendrik Jan Marsman, pen name, J. Bernlef, a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator
Sport
- Jan Langedijk a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics
- Gerard Kamper a retired Dutch cyclist
- Jan Blokhuijsen Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics