What is Wieringen?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Wieringen <!-- Images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Oosterland Wieringen.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_alt = |image_caption = Aerial photograph of [[Oosterland, North Holland|Oosterland]] |image_flag = Wieringen vlag.svg |flag_size = 120x100px |flag_alt = |image_shield = Wieringen wapen.svg |shield_size = 120x100px |shield_alt = |image_map = Dutch Municipality Wieringen 2006.png |mapsize = 250px |map_alt = |map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = [[North Holland]] |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = [[Hollands Kroon]] |area_footnotes = (2006) |area_total_km2 = 212.50 |area_land_km2 = 26.77 |area_water_km2 = 185.73 |population_as_of = 1 January 2007 |population_note = Source: [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]], [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline]. |settlement_type = Former municipality |population_total = 8705 |population_density_km2 = 325 |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|52.90|N|4.97|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}} |website = [http://www.wieringen.nl www.wieringen.nl] }} '''Wieringen''' is a former [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Holland]]. Since 2012, it has been part of the new municipality of [[Hollands Kroon]]. Wieringen was an island until 1932. [[Category:West Frisian Islands]] [[Category:21st-century disestablishments in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]] [[Category:Hollands Kroon]] {{europe-stub}}