Wormerveer
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 North Holland
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| local community |
 Zaanstad
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Area - land - water |
6.36 km 2 5.29 km 2 1.07 km 2 |
| Residents | 11,795 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 29 ′ N , 4 ° 48 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
  
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| prefix | 075 |
| Postcodes | 1501, 1503, 1505, 1508, 1521 |
Wormerveer is a village that was an independent municipality in the province of North Holland until 1974 . Now it is part of the municipality of Zaanstad with 11,795 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
The place name indicates a ferry connection over the Zaan to Wormer .
Wormerveer is best known for windmills that were used to press oil. To this day there is an oil industry in Wormerveer, which gave the inhabitants of the place the nickname smooth-eared .
There used to be a Göpel and a grocery store in Wormerveer , but these were brought to the museum village in Arnhem in 1926/1927 .
Sports
The football clubs in Wormerveer are:
- Blauw Wit Wormerveer
- Rkvv Saenden
- SV Fortuna Wormerveer (formerly QSC and WFC)
Other sports options are:
- Swimming club De Ham
- Billiard Club WBV
- Basketball club Kievieten (merged with HogerOp from Krommenie)
- Gymnastics Club Wormerveer2000
- Tendenza dance school
- Sports school Warners-Physica
Rail connections
On November 1, 1869, Wormerveer was connected to the Dutch railway network. The station is on the railway line between Uitgeest and Amsterdam . Four trains run every hour in each direction, only two at low traffic times in the late evening and sometimes on weekends.
Personalities
- Marit van Bohemen (born September 16, 1971), actress and presenter
- Julius Herman Boeke (November 15, 1884 - January 9, 1956), economist
- Gerrit Jacob Boekenoogen (born April 18, 1868 - † August 26, 1930), linguist
- Jaap Boot (born March 1, 1903), athlete
- Cor Bruijn (May 17, 1883 - November 6, 1978), writer
- Willem Frederik Donath (born June 25, 1889; † 1957), physiologist and hygienist
- Herman Gorter (born November 26, 1864 - † September 15, 1927), poet
- Mieke Jaapies (born August 7, 1943), canoeist
- Machiel Kiel (born February 28, 1938), Osmanist
- Wolter Kroes (born December 24, 1968), musician
- Benjamin Jan Kouwer (born August 31, 1861 - † January 8, 1933), gynecologist
- Dick Laan (December 18, 1894 - October 6, 1973), children's author
- Loekie van Maaren-van Balen (born March 9, 1946), politician
- Gerrit Mannoury (born May 17, 1867 - January 30, 1956) mathematician and philosopher
- Tineke Netelenbos (born February 15, 1944), politician
- Jan van Ossenbruggen (born October 5, 1939), conductor
- Michiel Teeling (born February 11, 1980), football commentator
- Willem van Tijen (February 1, 1894 - May 28, 1974), architect
- Jan Vis (born October 30, 1933), journalist and politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 19, 2018 (Dutch)