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Wester Koggenland

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Constituent country
  
Netherlands

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
13,757 (2005)

Municipality
  
Koggenland

Area
  
62.59 km²

Province
  
North Holland

Wester-Koggenland

Country
  
Kingdom of the Netherlands

Website
  
www.wester-koggenland.nl

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 99% Humidity

Wester-Koggenland ( pronunciation ) is a former municipality of the Netherlands, located 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 Obdam to form the new municipality of Koggenland.

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Population centres

The area of the former municipality of Wester-Koggenland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Avenhorn, Berkhout, De Goorn, Oudendijk, Rustenburg, Scharwoude, Spierdijk, Ursem, Wogmeer (partly), Zuidermeer.

Local government

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Wester-Koggenland consisted of 15 seats, which were divided as follows:

  • CDA - 5 seats
  • Gemeentebelangen - 4 seats
  • VVD - 3 seats
  • PvdA - 2 seats
  • Fractie Mollet - 1 seat
  • References

    Wester-Koggenland Wikipedia