Langedijk should not be confused with Langedijke.
Langedijk | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Langedijk in a municipal map of North Holland |
Coordinates: | 52.6833°N 52°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Dijk en Waard |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -1 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 1720–1724, 1830–1834 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0226, 072 |
Langedijk (pronounced as /nl/; 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.
The former municipality of Langedijk contained the following small towns and villages:
Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015
The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which at the last elections in 2018 divided as follows:[2] Elections were held in November 2021 for a council for the new merged municipality of Dijk en Waard, that included Langedijk, which commenced work in January 2022.[3]