Oosterwijzend is a hamlet in the
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 ...
of
Drechterland
Drechterland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality was formed in 1979, in a merger of the former municipalities of Hoogkarspel, Westwoud and Oosterblokker. Its ...
, in the Dutch
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
North-Holland.
Oosterwijzend lays just to the east of where the canal the Wijzend used to bend southwards from Binnenwijzend. To the west of the former Wijzend is
Westerwijzend
Westerwijzend is a hamlet in the municipality of Drechterland, in the Dutch province of North-Holland.
Westerwijzend lays just to the west of where the Wijzend canal used to bend southwards from Binnenwijzend. To the east of the former Wijzend is ...
. Nowadays, Oosterwijzend and Westerwijzend are being separated by a paved road beginning in
Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel ( West Frisian: ''Hougkarspel'') is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The name derives from the words ''hoog'' (D ...
. Oosterwijzend is the smaller hamlet of the two, and is formally considered a part of Hoogkarspel.
The occupation of the southern part of the hamlet is mostly agricultural. The northern part is untilled, and borders the
Zaandam-Enkhuizen railway. Oosterwijzend has a small industry area, called Zuiderwijzend.
Populated places in North Holland
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