Wormerland

Wormerland is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Population centres
The municipality of Wormerland contains the following towns, villages and hamlets: • Jisp

• Neck

• Oostknollendam

• Spijkerboor

• Wijdewormer

• Wormer

It borders the municipalities of: • Beemster

• Graft-De Rijp

• Zaanstad

• Oostzaan

• Landsmeer

• Purmerend

Local government
The municipal council of Wormerland consists of 17 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:
 * Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 5 - 28.17% - 2,066 votes
 * VVD - 4 - 21.06% - 1,544 votes
 * GroenLinks - 3 - 20.73% - 1,520 votes
 * PvdA - 2 - 14.61% - 1,071 votes
 * CDA - 2 - 9.2% - 675 votes
 * D66 - 1 - 6.23% - 457 votes

Sport facilities
Soccer clubs:
 * WSV'30 (Wormer Sport Vereniging 1930) - Wormer
 * VV Jisp - Jisp
 * VV Knollendam - Oostknollendam
 * DZS (De Zilveren Schapen) - Neck/Wijdewormer
 * PSCK (Parochiële Sport Club Kalf) - Kalf (Located in Wijdewormer)
 * ZCFC (Zaandamse Christelijke Football club) - Zaandam (Located in Wijdewormer)

Notable people

 * Tyman Arentsz. Cracht (ca.1590/1600 – 1646) painter who specialized in landscapes and history paintings
 * Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009) organist and professor of Romance languages
 * Martin Bosma (born 1964) politician and former journalist

Sport
David Harrison
 * Klaas de Groot (1919–1994) wrestler, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
 * Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928) sprint canoer, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
 * Dick Wayboer (born 1936) a sailor, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Piet de Wit (born 1946) retired cyclist and former local bicycle shop owner
 * Arend Bloem (born 1947) sprint canoer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Pieter Jan Leeuwerink (1962–2004) volleyball player, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics