De Wijde Wormer

De Wijde Wormer is a polder in North Holland, Western Netherlands. De Wijde Wormer is situated nearby to the village Neck, as well as near Purmerland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Purmerend Weidevenne railway station and Fort aan de Middenweg.

Purmerend Weidevenne railway station

Railway station

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Purmerend Weidevenne is a suburban railway station, in the Weidevenne estate in Purmerend, Netherlands. The station opened on 9 December 2007 and is on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway. The official opening of the station was on 8 December 2007. Purmerend Weidevenne railway station is situated 3 km east of De Wijde Wormer.

Fort aan de Middenweg

Fort

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Fort aan de Middenweg is situated 3 km north of De Wijde Wormer.

Beemster Arboretum

Park

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Beemster Arboretum is a park, which is situated 4 km northeast of De Wijde Wormer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wijdewormer and Neck.

Wijdewormer

Village

Wijdewormer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, about 5 km east of the town of Wormer, in the polder "De Wijde Wormer".

Neck

Village

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Neck is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, North Holland, about 3 km west of Purmerend. The village was first mentioned in 1328 as "sic: van Hicke", and means "neck" which refers to the narrowest point of the waterway separating the Beemster from the Wormer.

Purmerland

Village

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Purmerland is a village of 395 in the municipality of Landsmeer, North Holland, the Netherlands. It is located just north of Den Ilp and just south of the housing estate of Weidevenne, part of the city of Purmerend. Purmerland is situated 2½ km southeast of De Wijde Wormer.

De Wijde Wormer

Type: Polder
Category: landform
Location: North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.49233° or 52° 29′ 32″ north

Longitude

4.89419° or 4° 53′ 39″ east

Elevation

-5 metres (-16 feet)

United Nations Location Code

NL WWR

Open location code

9F46FVRV+WM

GeoNames ID

2756938

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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