Koggenland

Koggenland (Koggelân) is a municipality in North Holland province and the region of West-Frisia of the Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January 2007 upon the merger of the two former municipalities of Obdam and Wester-Koggenland.

The name of the municipality refers to the historic Kogge from the middle-ages. A kogge or cogge was a jurisdiction area of several villages or bannen (mostly around 4 or 5).

Population centres
Villages: • Avenhorn

• Berkhout

• Bobeldijk

• De Goorn

• Grosthuizen

• Hensbroek

• Obdam

• Oostmijzen

• Oudendijk

• Rustenburg

• Scharwoude

• Spierdijk

• Ursem

• Wogmeer

• Zuid-Spierdijk

• Zuidermeer Hamlets:

• Baarsdorpermeer

• Berkmeer

• De Hulk

• Kathoek

• Noord-Spierdijk

• Noorddijk

• Noordermeer

• Oosteinde

• Obdammerdijk

Topography


Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Koggenland, July 2015

Notable people

 * Bernard Claesen Speirdyke (1663, prob. in Spierdijk – 1670) a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer
 * Jacob Clay (1882 in Berkhout – 1955) a Dutch physicist who studied cosmic rays
 * Henk Jonker (1912 in Berkhout – 2002) a Dutch photographer, most active in World War II
 * Sander Lantinga (born 1976 in Biddinghuizen) a radio & TV program maker, a radio-DJ and streaker

Sport

 * Ron Vlaar (born 1985 in Hensbroek) a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
 * Jetse Bol (born 1989 in Avenhorn) a professional Dutch road bicycle racer