Warmenhuizen

Warmenhuizen
Warmenhuizen
Town
	Catholic church in Warmenhuizen
	The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Warmenhuizen in the former municipality of Harenkarspel.
	Coordinates: 52°43′21″N 4°44′23″E / 52.72250°N 4.73972°ECoordinates: 52°43′21″N 4°44′23″E / 52.72250°N 4.73972°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Schagen
Population (2005)
• Total	5,600
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Warmenhuizen (West Frisian: Wermehúze) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Heerhugowaard.

In 2001, the town of Warmenhuizen had 4,925 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.5 km², and contained 1812 residences.^[1] The statistical area "Warmenhuizen", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 5940.^[2]

An agricultural community. The area surrounding the town produces mainly dairy products, cabbage/potatoes, and hot house flowers. Mainly a Roman Catholic community featuring two churches, an old Protestant one, fallen into disuse, built in 16th century and a more modern Roman Catholic church constructed in the early 20th century.

Warmenhuizen was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Harenkarspel.^[3] Harenkarspel merged with Schagen in 2013.

Notable people born in Warmenhuizen[]

Antje Paarlberg (1808-1885)
Pieter Jacob Albrecht Adriani, (1879-1974),
Sjouke Westra (1907–1993)
Joop Klant (1915-1994)
Guus Sötemann (1920-2002)
Klaas Boot (1927–2003)
Wilfred Klaver (1963)
Matthé Pronk (1974)
Maarten van der Weijden (1981)
Jos Pronk (1983)
Marco van Duin, (1987)
Steven Rooks, cyclist

References[]

^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of 1 January 2005.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

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[CBS-1] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).

[CBS2-2] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of 1 January 2005.

[3] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

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