Stede Broec Municipality

Stede Broec is a municipality in the , in the province of and the region of West Friesland. The municipality was established in 1979 through the merger of two former municipalities.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bovenkarspel Flora railway station and Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek railway station.

Railway station
Bovenkarspel Flora is a railway station on the outskirts of in the . It opened in 1977 and lies on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway line, between and .

Railway station
Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek is a railway station in , . It services a large portion of the population of the municipality of Stede Broec.

Nature reserve
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Enkhuizen and Andijk.

The small city of is an old Dutch harbour town, and one of the most prominent ones of the Dutch Golden Age. It lost its trade position by the late 17th century, due to the wars with England, the silting of its waters and the rise of , but maintained much of its historic grandeur.

is securely hidden behind the broad back of the . It is a typical West Frisian rural community, on the dike. Life here revolves around the water that the inhabitants have been passionately protecting against for centuries; at the same time they make clever use of it.

Village
is a town in the municipality of Stede Broec in the province of . Situated in the West Friesland region, is known for its agricultural heritage, particularly its historical ties to horticulture and flower cultivation.

Stede Broec Municipality

Latitude
52.6962° or 52° 41′ 46″ north
Longitude
5.2239° or 5° 13′ 26″ east
Population
21,700
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL SBC
Open location code
9F47M6WF+FH
Geo­Names ID
6544238
Wiki­data ID
Q9962
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Stede Broec Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Stede Broec
  • Arabic: ستيده بروك
  • Aragonese: Stede Broec
  • Armenian: Ստեյդե Բրուկ
  • Asturian: Stede Broec
  • Balinese: Stede Broec
  • Basque: Stede Broec
  • Breton: Stede Broec
  • Catalan: Stede Broec
  • Cebuano: Gemeente Stede Broec
  • Chinese: Stede Broec
  • Chinese: 斯泰德布鲁克
  • Chinese: 斯特德布羅埃克
  • Dutch: Gemeente Stede Broec
  • Dutch: Stede Broec
  • Esperanto: Stede Broec
  • Finnish: Stede Broec
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  • German: Stede Broec
  • Hungarian: Stede Broec
  • Indonesian: Stede Broec
  • Irish: Stede Broec
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  • Kurdish: Stede Broec
  • Limburgan: Stede Broec
  • Low German: Stede Brook
  • Luxembourgish: Stede Broec
  • Malay: Stede Broec
  • Min Nan Chinese: Stede Broec
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Stede Broec
  • Norwegian: Stede Broec
  • Occitan (post 1500): Stede Broec
  • Persian: استیده‌بروک
  • Polish: Stede Broec
  • Portuguese: Stede Broec
  • Romanian: Stede Broec
  • Russian: Стеде-Брук
  • Saterfriesisch: Stede Broec
  • Spanish: Stede Broec
  • Swedish: Stede Broec
  • Turkish: Stede Broec
  • Ukrainian: Стеде-Бруc
  • Ukrainian: Стеде-Брук
  • Venetian: Stede Broec
  • Vietnamese: Stede Broec
  • Volapük: Stede Broec
  • Waray (Philippines): Stede Broec
  • Western Frisian: Stede Broec
  • Western Frisian: Stêde Broec
  • Zeeuws: Stede Broec

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ceres and Station Bovenkarspel.

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