Warder is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Edam-Volendam Edam-Volendam () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northwest Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, primarily consisting of the towns of Edam, Netherlands, Edam and Volendam. It is si ...

, and lies about 7 km northeast of

Purmerend Purmerend () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. Purmerend's population grew relatively slowly until the 1960s ...

. The village was first mentioned between 1130 and 1161 as Werthere, and means "island". The original village was probably more to the east on the former lake

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and moved inland as the

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee''), historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. It extended about 100 km (60 miles) inla ...

started to grow. The current Warder developed in the late 12th century as a

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excavation settlement. The elementary school was built as an L-shaped building with tower in 1885. It was renovated around 1920. Warder was home to 290 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1970, when the new municipality of

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was created. In 2016, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Warder kerkje.jpg, The church of Warder File:Boerderij - Warder (50873169793).jpg, Farm in Warder File:Winkeltje - Warder (50873979752).jpg, Little shop in the street

References

Former municipalities of North Holland Populated places in North Holland Geography of Edam-Volendam {{NorthHolland-geo-stub