Graft-De Rijp

Template:Infobox settlement Graft-De Rijp (Template:IPA) is a former municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Since January 2015 it has been a part of Alkmaar.

It is twinned with Chalfont St Giles in England.

Population centres

The municipality of Graft-De Rijp contained the following towns and villages: De Rijp, Graft, Markenbinnen, Noordeinde, Oost-Graftdijk, Starnmeer, West-Graftdijk.

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  Former weigh house and Town hall of De Rijp, designed by Jan Leeghwater in 1630
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  Town Hall of Graft, built in 1613 in the style of Hendrick de Keyser

Local government

The municipal council of Graft-De Rijp consisted of 13 seats, which at the final election, in 2010, were divided as follows:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• PvdA - 5 seats
• VVD - 3 seats
• CDA - 3 seats
• Het Verschil - 2 seats

An election was held in November 2014 for a council for the new merged Alkmaar municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2015, replacing Graft-De Rijp council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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• Official website of former municipality (2014)

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