Langedijk
# Langedijk

Langedijk (Dutch: (listen); West Frisian Dutch: Langedìk) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Langedijk received city rights in 1415.

Langedijk and the former municipality of Heerhugowaard merged into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard on 1 January 2022.

## Population centres

The former municipality of Langedijk consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

* Broek op Langedijk
* Koedijk (partly)
* Noord-Scharwoude
* Oudkarspel
* Sint Pancras
* Zuid-Scharwoude.

## Topography

Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015

## Local government

The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which were divided as follows:

* Kleurrijk Langedijk (5 seats, new party)
* CDA (4 seats)
* PvdA (4 seats)
* VVD (3 seats)
* GroenLinks (2 seats)
* Hart voor Langedijk/D66 (2 seats)
* ChristenUnie (1 seats)

## Notable people

* Johannes Hertenberg (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death
* Theo Nieuwenhuis (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude - 1951) a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
* Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886 in Noord-Scharwoude - 1969) a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings
* Laurens Bogtman (1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969) a Dutch baritone
* Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937 in Sint Pancras – 2012), pen name, J. Bernlef, a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator

### Sport

* Jan Langedijk (1910 in Oudkarspel – 1981) a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics
* Gerard Kamper (born 1950 in Koedijk) a retired Dutch cyclist
* Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude) Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics

## Gallery

* Broekerveiling
* Noord-Scharwoude
* Houten zaalkerk met op de voorgrond een vrijstaande stalen klokkentoren - Koedijk
* Allemanskerk1 Oudkarspel
* Vergezicht met molen en houten loopbrug - Sint Pancras
