- Obdam
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Coordinates: 52°40′28″N 4°54′14″E / 52.67444°N 4.90389°E
Obdam Former town hall
Coat of armsCoordinates: 52°40′N 4°54′E / 52.667°N 4.9°E Country Kingdom of the Netherlands Constituent country Netherlands Province North Holland Area - Total 20.95 km2 (8.1 sq mi) - Land 20.64 km2 (8 sq mi) - Water 0.31 km2 (0.1 sq mi) Population (2005) - Total 6,800 - Density 329/km2 (852.1/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Website www.obdam.nl Obdam ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a former municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Wester-Koggenland to form the new municipality of Koggenland.
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Population centres
The area of the former municipality of Obdam consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Berkmeer, Hensbroek, Obdam, Wogmeer (partly).
Train services
These services currently (2009), depart for Hoorn, from platform 1, at xx.01 and xx.31 minutes past the hour. Travel time to Amsterdam is just 55 minutes.
Chronology
- 1503 - The van Duvenvoorde family becomes the Lordship of the town.
- 1610 - Birth of Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord Of Obdam; Son of Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer
- 1620 - Jacob van Duvenvoorde starts using the van Wassenaer family name and becomes Jacob van Duvenvoorde van Wassenaer
- 1665 - Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord Of Obdam dies during a seabattle with the English while being the captain of a Dutch vessel.
- 1979 - Founding of the new municipality, including the town's of Hensbroek and Wogmeer.
- 2007 - The Obdam municipal merges into municipal Koggenland
- 2010 - The strong man over the water is now B-M from Arjoldshoeve also known as "Tukker" married with his steph-sister Dusti(aka Audi) from Arjoldshoeve.
Local government
Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:
References
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant (page not found)
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See also: Netherlands · Provinces · Municipalities Categories:- Former municipalities of North Holland
- Populated places in North Holland
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