Landsmeer
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| province | 
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| mayor | Dennis Straat ( VVD ; acting) | 
| Seat of the municipality | Landsmeer | 
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Area - land - water  | 
26.5  km 2 22.52 km 2 3.98 km 2  | 
| CBS code | 0415 | 
| Residents | 11,485 (Jan 31, 2019) | 
| Population density | 433 inhabitants / km 2 | 
| Coordinates | 52 ° 28 ′ N , 4 ° 57 ′ E | 
| prefix | 020, 0299 | 
| Postcodes | 1121, 1127, 1451 | 
| Website | Homepage of Landsmeer | 
Landsmeer ( ) is a village and a municipality in the Waterland region in the Dutch province of North Holland . The municipality has 11,485 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019), its area covers 26.5 km², of which 3.98 km² is water.
In 1966 the parts of the municipality south of the A10 were incorporated into Amsterdam. Landsmeer is part of the “Kaderwetgebied” Regionaal Orgaan Amsterdam (abbreviation: ROA ), a supra-municipal and sometimes supra-provincial working group of 16 cities with a total of more than one million inhabitants around Amsterdam . Landsmeer lies partly in the nature reserve Het Twiske ; The municipality shares its care with Zaanstad , Oostzaan and Amsterdam.
Landsmeer entered into a municipal partnership with the North Rhine-Westphalian municipality of Lieberhausen in 1968 . When the Upper Bergisch community was dissolved during the municipal reforms and its northern part was incorporated into Gummersbach and its southern part around Wiedenest-Belmicke-Pernze after Bergneustadt , Bergneustadt continued the town twinning . A partnership with the French Châtenay-Malabry has existed since 1986 .
Districts
- Landsmeer
 - The Ilp
 - Purmerland
 
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
| VVD | 4th | 5 | 3 | 3 | 
| D66 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 
| Lokaal Landsmeer | - | - | - | 3 | 
| GroenLinks | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 
| Positief Landsmeer | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 
| CDA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| PvdA | 5 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 
| Lijst Maja van Campen | - | - | 1 | - | 
| Community concerns | 2 | - | - | - | 
| Politieke Vereniging Landsmeer | 1 | - | - | - | 
| total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 
Town twinning
Landsmeer maintains city partnerships with
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 Bergneustadt , Germany , since 1968 - 
 Châtenay-Malabry , France , since 1986 
Bergneustadt and Châtenay-Malabry have been linked since 1967.
photos
Daughters and sons of the church
- Sam Olij (1900–1975), boxer and collaborator
 - Jan Olij (1920–1996), boxer and war criminal
 - Jacob Oudkerk (* 1937), racing cyclist
 - Cor Bakker (* 1961), pianist
 
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dennis Straat nieuwe warnemend burgemeester Landsmeer. In: Het Parool . De Persgroep Nederland , July 2, 2019, accessed on August 21, 2019 (Dutch).
 - ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
 - ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on May 16, 2018 (Dutch)
 - ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on May 16, 2018 (Dutch)