Wormerland
Wormerland is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Population centres
The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:It borders the municipalities of:
Local government
The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:- Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
- VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
- GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
- PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
- CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
- D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 votes
Sport facilities
- WSV'30 - Wormer
- VV Jisp - Jisp
- VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam
- DZS - Neck/Wijdewormer
- PSCK - Kalf
- ZCFC - Zaandam
Notable people
- Tyman Arentsz. Cracht painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
- Ewald Kooiman organist and professor of Romance languages
- Martin Bosma politician and former journalist
Sport
- Klaas de Groot wrestler, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Cees Gravesteijn sprint canoer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Dick Wayboer a sailor, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Piet de Wit retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
- Arend Bloem sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Pieter Jan Leeuwerink volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics