Landsmeer

Landsmeer
Landsmeer
	Municipality
	Landsmeer town centre
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Holland
	Coordinates: 52°26′N 4°55′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Anne Lize van der Stoel (acting) (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	26.50 km2 (10.23 sq mi)
• Land	22.56 km2 (8.71 sq mi)
• Water	3.94 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	11,488
• Density	509/km2 (1,320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1120–1127, 1451
Area code	020
Website	www.landsmeer.nl

Landsmeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlɑntsˈmeːr] (listen)) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Population centres

The municipality of Landsmeer consists of the three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland.

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landsmeer, June 2015

The municipal council of Landsmeer consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:

Landsmeer is twinned with the following towns:

Bergneustadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany since 1968 Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France since 1986

Sam Olij (1900–1975) a Dutch heavyweight boxer, competed the 1928 Summer Olympics, member of the national socialist NSB party in WW11
Jaap Oudkerk (born 1937) a retired cyclist, competed the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
Bernt Schneiders (born 1959) a Dutch politician, Mayor of Landsmeer 1995-2001
Cor Bakker (born 1961) a Dutch pianist

"College van burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Landsmeer. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 1121XC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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