title: Langedijk
text: # Langedijk
  
  Langedijk (Dutch: (listen); West Frisian Dutch: Langedìk) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Langedijk received city rights in 1415.
  
  Langedijk and the former municipality of Heerhugowaard merged into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard on 1 January 2022.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  The former municipality of Langedijk consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
  
  * Broek op Langedijk
  * Koedijk (partly)
  * Noord-Scharwoude
  * Oudkarspel
  * Sint Pancras
  * Zuid-Scharwoude.
  
  ## Topography
  
  Map of the former municipality of Langedijk, 2015
  
  ## Local government
  
  The former municipal council of Langedijk consisted of 21 seats, which were divided as follows:
  
  * Kleurrijk Langedijk (5 seats, new party)
  * CDA (4 seats)
  * PvdA (4 seats)
  * VVD (3 seats)
  * GroenLinks (2 seats)
  * Hart voor Langedijk/D66 (2 seats)
  * ChristenUnie (1 seats)
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Johannes Hertenberg (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death
  * Theo Nieuwenhuis (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude - 1951) a Dutch watercolor painter, lithograph designer, woodcarver and ceramics and textile designer
  * Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886 in Noord-Scharwoude - 1969) a Dutch architect, noted for his Calvinist church buildings
  * Laurens Bogtman (1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969) a Dutch baritone
  * Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937 in Sint Pancras – 2012), pen name, J. Bernlef, a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator
  
  ### Sport
  
  * Jan Langedijk (1910 in Oudkarspel – 1981) a Dutch speed skater who competed at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics
  * Gerard Kamper (born 1950 in Koedijk) a retired Dutch cyclist
  * Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1989 in Zuid-Scharwoude) Dutch long-track speed skater, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Broekerveiling
  * Noord-Scharwoude
  * Houten zaalkerk met op de voorgrond een vrijstaande stalen klokkentoren - Koedijk
  * Allemanskerk1 Oudkarspel
  * Vergezicht met molen en houten loopbrug - Sint Pancras
  