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| name                    = Langedijk
| settlement_type         = Former municipality
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| image_caption           = Windmill in [[Sint Pancras]]
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| map_caption             = Location of the former municipality of Langedijk in North Holland
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Dijk en Waard]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1720–1724, 1830–1834
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| area_code               = 0226, 072
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'''Langedijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌlɑŋəˈdɛik|lang|Nl-Langedijk.ogg}}; [[West Frisian Dutch]]: ''Langedìk'') is a former municipality in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Holland]] and the region of [[West Friesland (region)|West-Frisia]]. Langedijk received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1415.

Langedijk and the former municipality of [[Heerhugowaard]] merged into the new municipality of [[Dijk en Waard]] on 1 January 2022.

== Population centres ==
The former municipality of Langedijk contained the following small towns and villages: 
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* [[Broek op Langedijk]]
* [[Koedijk]] (partly)
* [[Noord-Scharwoude]]
* [[Oudkarspel]]
* [[Sint Pancras]]
* [[Zuid-Scharwoude]].
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== Topography ==

[[File:Gem-Langedijk-OpenTopo.jpg|300px]]<br/>''Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015''

== Local government ==
The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which at the last [[2018 Dutch municipal elections|elections in 2018]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2018 |title=Langedijk municipal election 2018 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20180321/671686|access-date=9 June 2024|website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
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* Dorpsbelang Langedijk (4 seats)
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] (4 seats)
* Kleurrijk Langedijk (3 seats)
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] (2 seats)
* [[GroenLinks]] (2 seats)
* Senioren Langedijk (2 seats)
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] (1 seat)
* Hart voor Langedijk/[[Democrats 66|D66]] (2 seats)
* [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|ChristenUnie]] (1 seat)
}}
Elections were held in November 2021 for a council for the new merged municipality of Dijk en Waard, that included Langedijk, which commenced work in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2021 |title= Dijk en Waard municipal election 2021 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20211124/687431 |access-date=9 June 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
[[File:Bernlef.jpg|160px|thumb|J. Bernlef, 2008]]
* [[Johannes Hertenberg]] (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th [[List of governors of Dutch Ceylon|Dutch Governor of Ceylon]] from 1723 until his death
* [[Theo Nieuwenhuis]] (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude – 1951) a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
* [[Berend Tobia Boeyinga]] (1886 in Noord-Scharwoude – 1969) a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings 
* [[Laurens Bogtman]] (1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969) a Dutch baritone
* Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937 in Sint Pancras – 2012), pen name, ''[[J. Bernlef]]'', a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator

=== Sport ===
* [[Jan Langedijk]] (1910 in Oudkarspel – 1981) a Dutch speed skater who competed at the [[1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] and [[1948 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Gerard Kamper]] (born 1950 in Koedijk) a retired Dutch cyclist
* [[Jan Blokhuijsen]] (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude) Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
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File:Broekerveiling.JPG|Broekerveiling
File:Noord-Scharwoude 12-2-13 007.jpg|Noord-Scharwoude
File:Houten zaalkerk met op de voorgrond een vrijstaande stalen klokkentoren - Koedijk - 20396714 - RCE.jpg|Wooden church and steel bell tower - Koedijk
File:20180629 Allemanskerk1 Oudkarspel.jpg|Allemanskerk - Oudkarspel
File:Vergezicht met molen en houten loopbrug - Sint Pancras - 20364304 - RCE.jpg|Old mill - Sint Pancras
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042652/https://www.gemeentelangedijk.nl Official website of former municipality]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Langedijk
 | North     = [[Schagen]]
 | East      = [[Heerhugowaard]]
 | South     = [[Alkmaar]]
 | West      = [[Bergen, North Holland|Bergen]]
}}
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[[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022]]
[[Category:Geography of Dijk en Waard|*]]


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