Editing Stede Broec

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| name                    = Stede Broec
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1979
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 |title       = Portefeuilleverdeling College
 |trans-title = Tasks division of the board
 |language    = Dutch
 |author      = 
 |date        = 
 |publisher   = Gemeente Stede Broec
 |access-date  = 7 March 2014
 |url-status     = dead
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 |archive-date = 7 March 2014
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| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ronald Wortelboer]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
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| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0228
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.stedebroec.nl}}
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'''Stede Broec''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌsteːdə ˈbruk|lang|421 Stede Broec.ogg}}; [[West Frisian Dutch]]: Stee Broek) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Holland]] and the region of [[West Friesland (region)|West-Frisia]]. The name ''Stede Broec'' derives from ''stede'' (meaning [[city]]) and ''broec'' (meaning [[swamp]]).

== Population centres ==
The municipality of Stede Broec consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: 
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Bovenkarspel]]
* [[Grootebroek]]
* [[Lutjebroek]]
}}
=== Topography ===
[[File:Gem-StedeBroec-OpenTopo.jpg|475px]]<br/>''Map of the municipality of Stede Broec, June 2015''

== History ==
Grootebroek and Bovenkarspel together received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1364, under the name of Broek. In 1402 Lutjebroek shared in the city rights and [[Drechterland|Hoogkarspel]] joined in 1403. [[Andijk]] was the fifth to join in 1786. In 1825 the city was dissociated.

Stede Broec is located in the region of [[West Friesland (region)|West Friesland]] consisting of all the land surrounded by the [[Westfriese Omringdijk]], a dike which then protected the land against the dangers of the tides of the [[Zuider Zee]].

== Local government ==
The municipal council of Stede Broec consists of 19 seats, which at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal elections]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Stede Broec municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731094|access-date=20 May 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* Open en Duidelijk Stede Broec - 6 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 5 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 3 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]/[[GroenLinks]] - 1 seat
* Gemeente Belangen Stede Broec - 1 seat
* Onafhankelijke Partij - 1 seat
* [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]] - 1 seat
* Eerlijk Leefbaar Stede Broec - 1 seat
}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Johannes Willebrands]] (1909 in Bovenkarspel – 2006) a Dutch [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] of the Roman Catholic Church
* Trudy van den Berg (born 1947 in Grootebroek) singer with Dutch vocal duo ''[[Saskia & Serge]]''
* [[Ed Groot]] (born 1957 in Grootebroek) a Dutch politician and former journalist, columnist and civil servant
* [[Ria Brieffies]] (1957 in Lutjebroek – 2009) a Dutch singer with girl group ''[[Dolly Dots]]''
* [[Nina Buysman]] (born 1997 in Bovenkarspel) a Dutch racing cyclist

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Korenmolen Ceres.jpg|"Ceres" [[windmill]], Bovenkarspel
File:Zesstedenweg 187 te Grootebroek.jpg|Zesstedenweg, Grootebroek
File:Sint Martinuskerk, Bovenkarspel.jpg|[[Saint Martin's Parish]], Bovenkarspel
File:P.J. Jongstraat 85, Lutjebroek.JPG|[[Dutch Reformed Church]], Lutjebroek
File:Overzicht, gezien vanaf de dijk met omgeving - Broekerhaven - 20528684 - RCE.jpg|[[Levee]], Broekerhaven
File:Bevrijdingsmonument, Grootebroek 02.jpg|Liberation Monument, Stede Broec
File:P.J. Jongstraat 27-29, Lutjebroek.JPG|P.J. Jongstraat, Lutjebroek
File:Voor- en zijgevel - Zesstedenweg 233, Grootebroek.JPG|[[Stepped gable]], Grootebroek
File:Sint-Nicolaaskerk (Lutjebroek)2.JPG|Sint-Nicolaaskerk, Lutjebroek
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Stede Broec
 | North     = [[Medemblik]]
 | East      = [[Enkhuizen]]
 | Southeast = ''[[Markermeer]]''
 | South     = [[Drechterland]]
 | West      = [[Drechterland]]
}}
{{North Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Stede Broec| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]