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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Opmeer
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Spanbroek Kerk.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in [[Spanbroek]]
| image_flag              = Opmeer vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Opmeer wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0432 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Opmeer in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|42|N|4|57|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.opmeer.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders_41097/
 |title       = college van Burgemeester en Wethouders
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Opmeer
 |access-date = 20 March 2014
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811004302/http://www.opmeer.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders_41097/
 |archive-date = 11 August 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour_Party_(Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Herman Wiersema]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Opmeer}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Opmeer}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Opmeer}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 1716VS
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 20 March 2014
 |archive-date = 21 September 2013
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0
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| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Opmeer}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Opmeer}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Opmeerder
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1660–1663, 1715–1719
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0226, 0229
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.opmeer.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Opmeer''' ({{IPA|nl|ɔpˈmeːr|-|Nl-Opmeer.ogg}}; [[West Frisian (dialect)|West Frisian]]: ''Opmar'' or ''Obmar'') is a municipality and town in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Holland]] and the region of [[West Friesland (region)|West-Frisia]].

== Population centres ==
The municipality of Opmeer consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: 
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Aartswoud]]
* [[De Weere (Opmeer)|De Weere]]
* [[Gouwe]]
* [[Hoogwoud]]
* Opmeer
* [[Spanbroek]]
* [[Wadway]]
* [[Zandwerven]]
}}

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Opmeer-OpenTopo.jpg|450px|]]<br/>''Map of the municipality of Opmeer, June 2015''

== Local government ==
The municipal council of Opmeer consists of 15 seats, which at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal elections]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Opmeer municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731098|access-date=6 May 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|

* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 4 seats
* Gemeentebelangen Opmeer - 3 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]/[[GroenLinks]] - 2 seats
* Door Samenwerking Vooruit (DSV) - 2 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 2 seats
* Lokale Partij Opmeer - 2 seats
}}
The CDA, VVD and PvdA are in a coalition government.

in October 2025, one member of the DSV party changed party affiliation to the CDA party in response to the news that the DSV party would cease to exist and would not be put up for election.<ref>https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/regio/west-friesland/raadslid-dsv-stapt-over-naar-cda-opmeer/99940420.html</ref>

The town has an online portal with information on services and news.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opmeer.nl/|title=Gemeente Opmeer}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Hendrik Bosch]] (1776 in Spanbroek  – 1864) a military officer and colonial government official on the [[Dutch Gold Coast]] 
* [[Johan Carel Marinus Warnsinck]] (1882 in Hoogwoud – 1943) a Dutch naval officer and naval historian
* [[Albert Langereis]] (1888 in Hoogwoud – 1966) a sports shooter, competed in two events at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Robert Slippens]] (born 1975 in Opmeer) a Dutch racing cyclist, competed in three Summer Olympics
* [[Jan Agema]] (1919 in Opmeer – 2011) Civil engineer, professor at [[Delft University of Technology]] and involved in the design and construction of the [[Delta Works]]
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Overzicht van de voormalige burgemeesterswoning - Opmeer - 20383930 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht van de voormalige burgemeesterswoning, Opmeer
File:Gouwe. Dorp bij Opmeer..JPG|Gouwe, Dorp bij Opmeer
File:Hoogwoud Molen De Vier Winden met gemaal.jpg|Hoogwoud Molen De Vier Winden met gemaal
File:Overzicht van de voorgevel en de linker zijgevel van de boerderij - Spanbroek - 20384530 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht van de voorgevel en de linker zijgevel van de boerderij - Spanbroek
</gallery>
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.opmeer.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Opmeer
 | East      = [[Medemblik]]
 | South     = [[Koggenland]]
 | Southwest = [[Dijk en Waard]]
 | Northwest = [[Hollands Kroon]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Opmeer}}
{{North Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Opmeer| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]


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