Wognum

Wognum () is a former municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Wognum received city rights in 1392 but lost them in 1426. In 2007 it merged with the municipalities of Medemblik and Noorder-Koggenland into an enlarged municipality of Medemblik.

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Settlement.name: Wognum
Settlement.image_skyline: Wognum-DSB.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Wognum Wapen.svg
Settlement.motto: <!--
Settlement.image_map: Dutch Municipality Wognum 2006.png
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Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Medemblik

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Area: 21.42
Image: Wognum-centrum.jpg

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Population centres
History
Museum / Railway connections
Local government
People from Wognum
References

== Population centres == The former municipality of Wognum included the towns and villages of Nibbixwoud, Wognum and Zwaagdijk-West, and the hamlet of Wijzend.