Obdam

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Obdam
Former town hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°40′28″N 4°54′14″E / 52.67444°N 4.90389°E / 52.67444; 4.90389Coordinates: 52°40′28″N 4°54′14″E / 52.67444°N 4.90389°E / 52.67444; 4.90389
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Koggenland
Area
• Total	20.95 km2 (8.09 sq mi)
• Land	20.64 km2 (7.97 sq mi)
• Water	0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	6,800
• Density	329/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.obdam.nl

Obdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔbˈdɑm] (listen)) is a former municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Wester-Koggenland to form the new municipality of Koggenland.

Population centres[]

The area of the former municipality of Obdam consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Berkmeer, Hensbroek, Obdam, (partly).

Train services[]

These services currently (2014), depart for Hoorn, from platform 1, at xx.00 and xx.30 minutes past the hour. Travel time to Amsterdam is just 55 minutes.

Chronology[]

• 1503 - The family becomes the Lordship of the town.
• 1610 - Birth of Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam; Son of Jacob van Wassenaer
• 1620 - Jacob van Duvenvoorde starts using the van Wassenaer family name and becomes Jacob van Wassenaer
• 1665 - Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord Of Obdam dies during a seabattle with the English while being the captain of a Dutch vessel.
• 1979 - Founding of the new municipality, including the towns of Hensbroek and Wogmeer.
• 2007 - The Obdam municipal merges into municipal Koggenland

• 

  Jacob, Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam by

Local government[]

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:

• CDA - 5 seats
• Gemeente Partij Obdam - 4 seats
• PvdA - 2 seats
• VVD - 2 seats

References[]

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• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant