Obdam
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Coordinates: 52°40′28″N 4°54′14″E / 52.67444°N 4.90389°E
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| Coordinates: 52°40′N 4°54′E / 52.667°N 4.9°E | |||
| Country | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
| Constituent country |  Netherlands |
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| Province | North Holland | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 20.95 km2 (8.09 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 20.64 km2 (7.97 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • Total | 6,800 | ||
| • Density | 329/km2 (850/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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[edit] 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).
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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thumb|Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam by Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld
[edit] Local government
Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:
[edit] References
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant (page not found)
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