Heiloo

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Heiloo
Coordinates: 52.60° N 4.70° E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	18.99 km²  (7.3 sq mi)
- Land	18.79 km² (7.3 sq mi)
- Water	0.21 km² (0.1 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	21,995
- Density	1,171/km² (3,032.9/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.heiloo.nl

Heiloo is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The community is part of the cooperation region Kennemerland and is also in the historical region of West Friesland.

Heiloo (From the Dutch: Heilige loo or holy forest) was given its name because Saint Willibrord supposedly performed a miracle there around 690. The village has a townhall from 1926 and a chapel from the 12th century known as the 'white church'. In the 1950s and 1960s the population grew quickly as many residents of Amsterdam moved to the area. The village is near the city of Alkmaar where many residents work and attend school.

Contents 1 Local government 2 Railway connections 3 Born in Heiloo 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Local government

The municipal council of Heiloo consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows:

• Heiloo 2000 - 5 seats
• VVD - 5 seats
• CDA - 3 seats
• PvdA - 3 seats
• GroenLinks - 2 seats
• NCPN - 1 seat

[edit] Railway connections

Heiloo is connected to the Dutch railway network (see hlo on lines 13 and 20), and contains one station, Heiloo, on the connection between Uitgeest and Alkmaar.

[edit] Born in Heiloo

• Maarten van Roozendaal (3 May 1962), Dutch singer.
• The Opposites (22 June 1984), Dutch rappers.

[edit] References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

[edit] External links

• A map of the municipality Heiloo
• A guide to websites in and related to Heiloo
• Information about the municipal Heiloo
• Information about the Fire Department