Opmeer (; West Frisian: ''Opmar'' or ''Obmar'') is a municipality and town in 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 ...

, 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.

Population centres

The municipality of Opmeer consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Topography

''Map of the municipality of Opmeer, June 2015''

Local government

The municipal council of Opmeer consists of 15 seats, which at the 2022 municipal elections divided as follows: The CDA, VVD and PvdA are in a coalition government. The town has an online portal with information on services and news.

Notable people

Hendrik Bosch Hendrik Bosch (born 26 February 1776 – 9 March 1864) was a Dutch military officer and colonial government official, who in his later life made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast. Biography Bosch was born in Spanbroek t ...

(1776 in Spanbroek – 1864) a military officer and colonial government official on the

Dutch Gold Coast The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea'') was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch (et ...

Johan Carel Marinus Warnsinck J.C.M. Warnsinck (11 November 1882, Hoogwoud, North Holland - 21 July 1943, The Hague) was a Dutch naval officer and naval historian. Johan Carel Marinus Warnsinck was the son of the notary Cornelis Warnsinck and his wife, Tettje Halbertsma. He ent ...

(1882 in Hoogwoud – 1943) a Dutch naval officer and naval historian *

Albert Langereis Albert Langereis (13 July 1888 – 13 January 1966) was a Dutch sports shooter. He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as P ...

(1888 in Hoogwoud – 1966) a sports shooter, competed in two events at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

* 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 The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

and involved in the design and construction of the

Delta Works The Delta Works () is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from the sea. Constructed between 1954 and 1997, the works consist of dams, slu ...

Gallery

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

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub