Editing North Holland (section)

===Municipalities===
{{See also|List of cities, towns and villages in North Holland}}
[[File:Waterland weg sloot.jpg|thumb|[[Waterland]]]]
As of 24 March 2022, North Holland is divided into 44 [[Municipalities in the Netherlands|municipalities]] ([[local government]]). After the [[dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]], three islands in the [[Caribbean]]: [[Bonaire]], [[Saba (island)|Saba]], and [[Sint Eustatius]], were offered to join the province. However, the offer has been neither accepted nor rejected. 

North Holland has five municipalities with 100,000 or more inhabitants. They are, in order of size, [[Amsterdam]] (in terms of population this is also the largest municipality in the Netherlands), [[Haarlem]], [[Zaanstad]], [[Haarlemmermeer]] and [[Alkmaar]]. Another seven municipalities have a population between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants ([[Hilversum]], [[Amstelveen]], [[Purmerend]], [[Hoorn]], [[Velsen]], [[Den Helder]] and [[Dijk en Waard]]).

Municipalities are grouped for statistical purposes.
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* Kop van North Holland [[COROP]] group
** [[Den Helder]]
** [[Drechterland]]
** [[Enkhuizen]]
** [[Hollands Kroon]]
** [[Hoorn]]
** [[Koggenland]]
** [[Medemblik]]
** [[Opmeer]]
** [[Schagen]]
** [[Stede Broec]]
** [[Texel]]
* Alkmaar agglomeration COROP group
** [[Alkmaar]]
** [[Bergen, North Holland|Bergen]]
** [[Dijk en Waard]]
** [[Heiloo]]
* IJmond COROP group
** [[Beverwijk]]
** [[Castricum]]
** [[Heemskerk]]
** [[Uitgeest]]
** [[Velsen]]
* Haarlem agglomeration COROP group
** [[Bloemendaal]]
** [[Haarlem]]
** [[Heemstede]]
** [[Zandvoort]]
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* Zaanstreek COROP group
** [[Wormerland]]
** [[Zaanstad]]
* Greater Amsterdam COROP group
** [[Aalsmeer]]
** [[Amstelveen]]
** [[Amsterdam]]
** [[Diemen]]
** [[Edam-Volendam]]
** [[Haarlemmermeer]]
** [[Landsmeer]]
** [[Oostzaan]]
** [[Ouder-Amstel]]
** [[Purmerend]]
** [[Uithoorn]]
** [[Waterland]]
* Het Gooi and Vechtstreek COROP group
** [[Blaricum]]
** [[Gooise Meren]]
** [[Hilversum]]
** [[Huizen]]
** [[Laren, North Holland|Laren]]
** [[Wijdemeren]]
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