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 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