Editing Schagen (section)

===20th–21st centuries===
During the 20th century, prosperity decreased slowly. Especially after the [[Second World War]] there was a sharp decline in the agricultural sector. As Schagen did not only depend on agriculture, the decline was less than in surrounding rural communities. Around 1960 Schagen started to flourish again, though population was still below 5,000. The seventies saw a large boom for Schagen. In the early nineties, growth gradually diminished but Schagen remained relatively strong compared to neighboring municipalities.
[[File:ArkVanJohan.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Johan's Ark|Ark van Johan]] interpretation of [[Noah's Ark]] in the town of Schagen.]]
From 2005 to 2007, Schagen resident Johan Huibers built a ship modeled after the biblical description of [[Noah's Ark]] in Schagen. [[Johan's Ark]] was opened to the public in April 2007 and later towed between various port cities in the Netherlands.