Heerhugowaard

Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: Heerhugoweard, Heregeweard or De Weard) is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Heerhugowaard
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Heerhugowaard.png
Settlement.image_caption: Images from top, left to right: Stad van de Zon, Veenhuizer windmill, Cool theatre, shopping centre Middenwaard.
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Heerhugowaard.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Heerhugowaard wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.motto: City Of Opportunities
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0398 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Heerhugowaard in a municipal map of North Holland
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the former municipality of Heerhugowaard in North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dijk en Waard

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Official website

Home | Gemeente Dijk en Waard

Officiële website van de gemeente Dijk en Waard. Informatie over onze diensten en het bestuur.

heerhugowaard.nl →

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Heerhugowaarder
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Dijk en Waard
Population: 58387
Area: 39.97
Shares border with: Schermer
Official website: www.heerhugowaard.nl
Image: Heilig Hart van Jezus kerk Dessing De Noord.JPG
Households: 20624
Dialing code: 072

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twinned administrative body: Kalisz
Commons category: Heerhugowaard
postal code: 1700–1705
topic's main category: Category:Heerhugowaard
category for people born here: Category:Births in Heerhugowaard
category of associated people: Category:People from Heerhugowaard
different from: Heerhugowaard railway station
replaced by: Dijk en Waard
P8168: Humptulips

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Topography
Climate
Cityscape
Population centres
Expansion
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Commerce
Transport
Government
Sister cities
Notable people
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Further reading
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Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: Heerhugoweard, Heregeweard or De Weard) is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland.

Heerhugowaard was previously a separate municipality, which merged with the former municipality of Langedijk into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard on 1 January 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heerhugowaard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.