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Landsmeer

Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

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Coat of arms

Location in North Holland

Coordinates: 52°26′N 4°55′E / 52.433°N 4.917°E / 52.433; 4.917CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth HollandGovernment

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• BodyMunicipal council • MayorLéon de Lange [nl] (D66)Area

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• Total26.50 km² (10.23 sq mi) • Land22.53 km² (8.70 sq mi) • Water3.97 km² (1.53 sq mi)Elevation

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−1 m (−3 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[4]

• Total11,565 • Density513/km² (1,330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

1120–1127, 1451

Area code020Websitewww.landsmeer.nl

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

Population centres

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

Map of the municipality of Landsmeer, June 2015

The municipal council of Landsmeer consists of 15 seats, which at the 2022 local election divided as follows:^[5]

Landsmeer is twinned with the following towns:

Sam Olij (1900–1975) a Dutch heavyweight boxer, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, member of the national socialist NSB party in WW11
Jaap Oudkerk (1937– 2024) cyclist, competed at 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
Enzo Stroo (born 1994) a Dutch footballer

^ "College van burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Landsmeer. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "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 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Landsmeer municipal election 2022". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.