Zwaagdijk-West | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Wognum - Zwaagdijk-West.png |
Map Caption1: | The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Zwaagdijk-West in the municipality of Wognum.--> |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Medemblik |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -1.5 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.52 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 585 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1685 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0228 |
Coordinates: | 52.6758°N 5.0592°W |
Zwaagdijk-West (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈzʋaːɣdɛik ˈʋɛst/) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 3 km north of Hoorn.
The village was first mentioned in 1319 as buten den Zuoechdyc, and means "the dike belonging to Zwaag. Zwaagdijk-Oost is the settlement on the eastern side of the dike, Zwaagdijk-West is on the western side.[3] In 1929, the Catholic Jacobus de Meerdere Church was built in Zwaagdijk-West.[4]