Jisp (town)

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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Jisp in the municipality of Wormerland.

Jisp (coord|52|30|N|4|51|E|type:city(318)) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 8 km west of Purmerend.

Jisp was a separate municipality until 1991, when it merged with Wormer and Wijdewormer to form the new municipality of Wormerland. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

In 2001, the village of Jisp had 318 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 4.3 km², and contained 116 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Jisp", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 770.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Wormerland" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/w/default.htm] .]

References

External links

* [http://www.onsdorpjisp.nl/ Village website]
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/jisp.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]