Stede Broec

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Stede Broec
Coordinates: 52.70° N 5.25° E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	16.42 km²  (6.3 sq mi)
- Land	14.77 km² (5.7 sq mi)
- Water	1.65 km² (0.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	21,343
- Density	1,445/km² (3,742.5/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.stedebroec.nl

Stede Broec (West Frisian: Stee Broek) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The name Stede Broec derives from "stede" (meaning city) and "broec" (meaning swamp).

Contents 1 Population centres 2 History 3 Local government 4 References

[edit] Population centres

The municipality of Stede Broec consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bovenkarspel, Broekerhaven, Grootebroek, Horn, Lutjebroek.

[edit] History

Grootebroek and Bovenkarspel together received city rights in 1364, under the name of Broek. In 1402 Lutjebroek shared in the city rights and Hoogkarspel joined in 1403. Andijk was the fifth to join in 1786. In 1825 the city was dissociated.

Stede Broec is located in the region of West Friesland consisting of all the land surrounded by the West-Friese Omringdijk, a dike which then protected the land against the dangers of the tides of the Zuider Zee.

[edit] Local government

The municipal council of Stede Broec consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows (as of 7 march 2006):

• CDA - 4 seats
• PvdA - 4 seat
• Open en Duidelijk Stede Broec - 4 seats
• Gemeentebelangen - 3 seats
• Onafhankelijke Partij - 2 seats
• GroenLinks - 1 seat
• VVD - 1 seat

[edit] References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant