Beemster

Beemster
Former municipality
Middenbeemster town centre
Middenbeemster town centre
Flag of Beemster
Coat of arms of Beemster
Highlighted position of Beemster in a municipal map of North Holland
Location of the former municipality of Beemster in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°33′N 4°55′E / 52.550°N 4.917°E / 52.550; 4.917
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
MunicipalityPurmerend
Area
 • Total72.07 km2 (27.83 sq mi)
 • Land70.58 km2 (27.25 sq mi)
 • Water1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Elevation−4 m (−13 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[3]
 • Total10,110
 • Density143/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
1460–1464
Area code0299
Websitewww.beemster.net
Official nameDroogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
CriteriaCultural: i, ii, iv
Reference899
Inscription1999 (23rd Session)

Beemster (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːmstər] ) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmills between 1609 and 1612. The original well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, and dykes has been preserved intact. A grid of canals parallels the grid of roads in the Beemster. The larger feeder canals are offset by approximately one kilometer from the larger roads.

Beemster merged into the existing municipality of Purmerend on 1 January 2022.

  1. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 1462NV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.