Editing Graft-De Rijp

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Graft-De Rijp
| settlement_type         = Former municipality
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| image_skyline           = De Rijp-Rechtestraat 38.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Traditional houses in De Rijp
| image_flag              = Graft-De Rijp vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Graft-De Rijp.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0365 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Graft-De Rijp in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|33|N|4|51|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Alkmaar]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 August 1970
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Graft-De Rijp}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Graft-De Rijp}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Graft-De Rijp}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 1483HA 
 |language=Dutch 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |accessdate=4 March 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = &minus;2
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Graft-De Rijp}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Graft-De Rijp}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1483–1488, 1536
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0299
| website                 = 
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Graft-De Rijp''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɣrɑvdəˈrɛip|-|394 Graft-De Rijp.ogg}}) is a former municipality in the province of [[North Holland]] in the [[Netherlands]]. Since January 2015 it has been a part of [[Alkmaar]].

It is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with [[Chalfont St Giles]] in England.

==Population centres ==
The municipality of Graft-De Rijp contained the following towns and villages: [[De Rijp]], [[Graft, Netherlands|Graft]], [[Markenbinnen]], [[Noordeinde, Graft-De Rijp|Noordeinde]], [[Oost-Graftdijk]], [[Starnmeer]], [[West-Graftdijk]].

<gallery>
File:De Rijp - Waag.jpg|Former [[weigh house]] and [[Town Hall, De Rijp|Town hall]] of [[De Rijp]], designed by [[Jan Leeghwater]] in 1630
File:Overzicht van de rechter zijgevel met trapgevel - Graft - 20379936 - RCE.jpg|Town Hall of Graft, built in 1613 in the style of [[Hendrick de Keyser]]
</gallery>

== Local government ==
The municipal council of Graft-De Rijp consisted of 13 seats, which at the final election, [[2010 Dutch municipal elections|in 2010]], were divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2010 |title=Graft-De Rijp municipal election 2010|url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20100303/628681 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 5 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 3 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 3 seats
* Het Verschil - 2 seats

An election was held in November 2014 for a council for the new merged Alkmaar municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2015, replacing Graft-De Rijp council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 2014 |title=Alkmaar municipal election 2014 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20141119 |access-date=12 June 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

== References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226223806/http://www.graftderijp.nl Official website of former municipality] (2014)

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Graft-De Rijp
 | North     = [[Schermer]]
 | East      = [[Beemster]]
 | Southeast = [[Wormerland]]
 | South     = [[Zaanstad]]
 | Southwest = [[Uitgeest]]
 | West      = [[Castricum]]
}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2015]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Alkmaar]]


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