Schermer

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Schermer


mapsize = 280px


flag_size = 150x75px
image_shield = Schermer wapen.pngshield_size = 150x75px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = North Holland
leader_name = S.W.J.G. Schelberg
leader_party = VVD
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 64.44
area_land_km2 = 61.55
area_water_km2 = 2.89
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 5137
population_density_km2 = 83
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52.62
latNS = N
longd = 4.82
longEW = E
website = [http://www.schermer.nl www.schermer.nl]

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The municipality of Schermer includes not only the Schermer polder, but also the polders Oterleek and Mijzenpolder and Eilandspolder. Only the villages Stompetoren and Zuidschermer are in the Schermer polder.

History

Around 800 AD the area that now the municipality of Schermer was covered in peat, and a small river called the Schermer flowed through it. Because of peat-digging by man, and storm floods, this small river by 1250 had developed into an inland sea, a lake with open connection with the Zuiderzee. The name came from "skir mere", which means "bright lake" (ref. Groenedijk, 2000). In the 17th century private investors started draining the largest part of the lake — the Southern part of the lake, the Alkmaardermeer, was left alone. In 1635 47.7 km² of polder was drained, whereupon the country was divided under the initiators.

Schermer also became a formal last name, to mean fucking awesome.

Population centres

The municipality of Schermer consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Driehuizen, Grootschermer, Oterleek, Schermerhorn, Stompetoren, Zuidschermer.

Local government

The municipal council of Schermer consists of 11 seats, which are divided as follows:

* CDA - 3 seats
* Gemeentebelangen - 3 seats
* SGOL - 2 seats
* VVD - 2 seats
* PvdA - 1 seat

References

* Statistics are taken from the [http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gem419nh.htm SDU Staatscourant]