Wormerland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Population centres
The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets:
It borders the municipalities of:
Local government
The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:
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Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
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VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
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GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
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PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
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CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
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D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 votes
Sport facilities
Soccer clubs:
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WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer
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VV Jisp - Jisp
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VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam
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DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer
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PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer)
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ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer)
Notable people
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Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
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Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009) organist and professor of Romance languages
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Martin Bosma (born 1964) politician and former journalist
Sport
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Klaas de Groot (1919–1994) wrestler, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928) sprint canoer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Dick Wayboer (born 1936) a sailor, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Piet de Wit (born 1946) retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
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Arend Bloem (1947-2025) sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Gallery
File:Nashville wormerland.jpg|Town hall of Wormerland
File:Wormer 040.JPG|Wormer
File:Wormer-Dorpstraat 298.jpg|Wormer-Dorpstraat 298
File:Neck, dorp in de gemeente Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland (2008).jpg|Neck, village in Wormerland municipality
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