Editing Wester-Koggenland

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'''Wester-Koggenland''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌʋɛstər ˈkɔɣə(n)lɑnt|-|Nl-Wester-Koggenland.ogg}}) is a former municipality of the [[Netherlands]], located in the province of [[North Holland]] and the region of [[West Friesland (region)|West-Frisia]]. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with [[Obdam]] to form the new municipality of [[Koggenland]].

== Population centres ==

The area of the former municipality of Wester-Koggenland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: [[Avenhorn]], [[Berkhout]], [[De Goorn]], [[Oudendijk (North Holland)|Oudendijk]], [[Rustenburg (North Holland)|Rustenburg]], [[Scharwoude (Koggenland)|Scharwoude]], [[Spierdijk]], [[Ursem]], [[Wogmeer]] (partly), [[Zuidermeer]].

== Local government ==

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Wester-Koggenland consisted of 15 seats, which were divided as follows:

* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 5 seats
* Gemeentebelangen - 4 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 3 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 2 seats
* Fractie Mollet - 1 seat

== References ==
* Statistics are taken from the [http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gem526nh.htm SDU Staatscourant]

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Koggenland]]

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