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Dijk en Waard (
West Frisian Dutch The West Frisian dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, ...
: ''Doik en Weard/Weerd'' or ''Dìk en Weard/Weerd'') is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the province of
North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...
and the region of West-Frisia, the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It was formed from the merger of
Heerhugowaard Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: ''Heerhugoweard'', ''Heregeweard'' or ''De Weard'') is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland. Heerhugowaard was previously a separate municipality, whic ...
and Langedijk on 1 January 2022.Samenvoeging van de gemeenten Heerhugowaard en Langedijk
op www.tweedekamer.nl


Geography

In 2022, the municipality had a population of approximately 87,000. It is bordered by
Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...
to the west,
Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known fo ...
to the south,
Koggenland Koggenland () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in North Holland province and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia of the Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January 2007 upon the merger of the two former mun ...
to the east,
Opmeer Opmeer (; 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 o ...
to the northeast and
Hollands Kroon Hollands Kroon is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality located in the Northwest Netherlands. It was created on 1 January 2012, as a merger of four municipalities: Anna Paulowna, Niedorp, Wieringen, and Wieringermeer.Ministry o ...
and
Schagen Schagen () is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located between Alkmaar and Den Helder, in the region of West Friesland (region), West Friesland and the province of North Holland. It received City rights in the Nethe ...
to the north. It consists of 16 main population centres, the largest of which is
Heerhugowaard Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: ''Heerhugoweard'', ''Heregeweard'' or ''De Weard'') is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland. Heerhugowaard was previously a separate municipality, whic ...
.


Politics

The first elections for the municipality were held on 24 November 2021, with the following elected: * Dijk&Waardse Independent Party (''Dijk&Waardse Onafhankelijke Partij'') – 7 seats * Lokaal Dijk en Waard – 6 seats * VVD – 5 seats * Senioren Dijk en Waard – 4 seats * D66 – 3 seats *
GroenLinks (, ; GL) is a Green politics, green List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four Left-wing politics, left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Neth ...
– 3 seats * FvD – 3 seats * CDA – 2 seats * PvdA – 2 seats *
ChristenUnie The Christian Union ( ; CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party, maintaining more progressive stances on economic, immigration and environmental issues while holding more socially conservative ...
– 2 seats Peter Rehwinkel became acting mayor of the new municipality on 1 January 2022, with the appointment of M.F.(Maarten) Poorter on 13 July 2022. The regular municipal elections of March 2022 were not held in Dijk en Waard.


References

{{Netherlands-geo-stub Municipalities of North Holland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2022