Editing Opmeer

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Opmeer
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Spanbroek Kerk.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in [[Spanbroek]]
| image_flag              = Opmeer vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Opmeer wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0432 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Opmeer in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|42|N|4|57|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]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.opmeer.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders_41097/
 |title       = college van Burgemeester en Wethouders
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Opmeer
 |access-date = 20 March 2014
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811004302/http://www.opmeer.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders_41097/
 |archive-date = 11 August 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Gerard van den Hengel]]
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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|Opmeer}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Opmeer}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Opmeer}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 1716VS
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 20 March 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Opmeer}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Opmeer}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Opmeerder
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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             = 1660–1663, 1715–1719
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0226, 0229
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.opmeer.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Opmeer''' ({{IPA|nl|ɔpˈmeːr|-|Nl-Opmeer.ogg}}; [[West Frisian (dialect)|West Frisian]]: ''Opmar'' or ''Obmar'') is a municipality and town in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Holland]] and the region of [[West Friesland (region)|West-Frisia]].

== Population centres ==
The municipality of Opmeer consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: 
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Aartswoud]]
* [[De Weere (Opmeer)|De Weere]]
* [[Gouwe]]
* [[Hoogwoud]]
* Opmeer
* [[Spanbroek]]
* [[Wadway]]
* [[Zandwerven]]
}}

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Opmeer-OpenTopo.jpg|450px|]]<br/>''Map of the municipality of Opmeer, June 2015''

== Local government ==
The municipal council of Opmeer consists of 15 seats, which at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal elections]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Opmeer municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731098|access-date=6 May 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|

* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 4 seats
* Gemeentebelangen Opmeer - 3 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]/[[GroenLinks]] - 2 seats
* Door Samenwerking Vooruit (DSV) - 2 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 2 seats
* Lokale Partij Opmeer - 2 seats
}}
The CDA, VVD and PvdA are in a coalition government.

The town has an online portal with information on services and news.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opmeer.nl/|title=Gemeente Opmeer}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Hendrik Bosch]] (1776 in Spanbroek  – 1864) a military officer and colonial government official on the [[Dutch Gold Coast]] 
* [[Johan Carel Marinus Warnsinck]] (1882 in Hoogwoud – 1943) a Dutch naval officer and naval historian
* [[Albert Langereis]] (1888 in Hoogwoud – 1966) a sports shooter, competed in two events at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Robert Slippens]] (born 1975 in Opmeer) a Dutch racing cyclist, competed in three Summer Olympics
* [[Jan Agema]] (1919 in Opmeer – 2011) Civil engineer, professor at [[Delft University of Technology]] and involved in the design and construction of the [[Delta Works]]
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Overzicht van de voormalige burgemeesterswoning - Opmeer - 20383930 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht van de voormalige burgemeesterswoning, Opmeer
File:Gouwe. Dorp bij Opmeer..JPG|Gouwe, Dorp bij Opmeer
File:Hoogwoud Molen De Vier Winden met gemaal.jpg|Hoogwoud Molen De Vier Winden met gemaal
File:Overzicht van de voorgevel en de linker zijgevel van de boerderij - Spanbroek - 20384530 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht van de voorgevel en de linker zijgevel van de boerderij - Spanbroek
</gallery>
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.opmeer.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Opmeer
 | East      = [[Medemblik]]
 | South     = [[Koggenland]]
 | Southwest = [[Dijk en Waard]]
 | Northwest = [[Hollands Kroon]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Opmeer}}
{{North Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Opmeer| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]


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