Graft-De Rijp

Former municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

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Location in North Holland

Coordinates: 52°33′N 4°51′E / 52.550°N 4.850°E / 52.550; 4.850CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth HollandMunicipalityAlkmaarEstablished1 August 1970Area

^[1]

• Total21.76 km² (8.40 sq mi) • Land20.03 km² (7.73 sq mi) • Water1.73 km² (0.67 sq mi)Elevation

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−2 m (−7 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[3]

• Totaldata missingTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

1483–1488, 1536

Area code0299

Graft-De Rijp (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣrɑvdəˈrɛip] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Since January 2015 it has been a part of Alkmaar.

It is twinned with Chalfont St Giles in England.

Population centres

The municipality of Graft-De Rijp contained the following towns and villages: De Rijp, Graft, Markenbinnen, Noordeinde, Oost-Graftdijk, Starnmeer, West-Graftdijk.

Former weigh house and Town hall of De Rijp, designed by Jan Leeghwater in 1630
Town Hall of Graft, built in 1613 in the style of Hendrick de Keyser

Local government

The municipal council of Graft-De Rijp consisted of 13 seats, which at the final election, in 2010, were divided as follows:^[4]

PvdA - 5 seats
VVD - 3 seats
CDA - 3 seats
Het Verschil - 2 seats

An election was held in November 2014 for a council for the new merged Alkmaar municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2015, replacing Graft-De Rijp council.^[5]

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 1483HA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Graft-De Rijp municipal election 2010". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Alkmaar municipal election 2014". verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 19 November 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2024.