Harenkarspel

Harenkarspel
Former municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52.73°N 4.75°E / 52.73; 4.75
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Schagen
Area (2006)
• Total	54.83 km^2 (21.17 sq mi)
• Land	54.03 km^2 (20.86 sq mi)
• Water	0.80 km^2 (0.31 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2007)
• Total	15,922
• Density	295/km^2 (760/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.harenkarspel.nl

Harenkarspel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːrə(ŋ)ˌkɑrspəl] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The main town of Harenkarspel was Tuitjenhorn. In 2013, Harenkarspel merged with Schagen and Zijpe into a new municipality, called Schagen.

Population centres

The former municipality of Harenkarspel consisted of the following towns and villages: Dirkshorn, Eenigenburg, Groenveld, Kalverdijk, Kerkbuurt, Krabbendam, 't Rijpje, Schoorldam (partly), Sint Maarten, Stroet, Tuitjenhorn, Valkkoog, Waarland, and Warmenhuizen. Warmenhuizen and Tuitjenhorn were the largest, with the town hall of Harenkarspel located in Tuitjenhorn.

Local government

The municipal council of Harenkarspel consisted of 17 seats, which at the final election in 2010 divided as follows:[1]

• CDA - 5 seats
• PvdA - 4 seats
• VVD - 4 seats
• Algemeen Belang '89 - 2 seats
• Harenkarspel in Beweging - 2 seats

Elections were held in November 2012 for a council for the new merged municipal council of Schagen, which commenced work in January 2013.[2]

References

1. "Harenkarspel municipal election 2010". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
2. "Schagen municipal election 2012". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 21 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

External links

• A map of the former municipality of Harenkarspel Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
• City Site (Dutch)
• Nieuws over Harenkarspel (Dutch)
• Alles over Schagen FM, de lokale omroep voor Schagen, Zijpe, Niedorp en Harenkarspel (Dutch)