Graft-De Rijp | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Graft-De Rijp in a municipal map of North Holland |
Coordinates: | 52.55°N 55°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Alkmaar |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 August 1970 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -2 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 1483–1488, 1536 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0299 |
Graft-De Rijp (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˌɣrɑvdəˈrɛip/) is a former municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Since January 2015 it has been a part of Alkmaar.
It is twinned with Chalfont St Giles in England.
The municipality of Graft-De Rijp contained the following towns and villages: De Rijp, Graft, Markenbinnen, Noordeinde, Oost-Graftdijk, Starnmeer, West-Graftdijk.
The municipal council of Graft-De Rijp consisted of 13 seats, which at the final election, in 2010, were divided as follows:[2]
An election was held in November 2014 for a council for the new merged Alkmaar municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2015, replacing Graft-De Rijp council.[3]