Familypedi… Editing (section) North Holland 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Geography</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">North Holland is a broad peninsula for the most part, located between the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22North%20Sea%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22North%20Sea%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNorth%20Sea%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="North Sea (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTm9ydGhfU2VhP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">North Sea</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Markermeer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Markermeer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarkermeer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="Markermeer (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWFya2VybWVlcj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Markermeer</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22IJsselmeer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22IJsselmeer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIJsselmeer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="IJsselmeer (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSUpzc2VsbWVlcj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">IJsselmeer</a>. More than half of the province consists of reclaimed <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22polder%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22polder%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpolder%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="Polder (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUG9sZGVyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">polder</a> land situated below sea level. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">North Holland has five municipalities with 100,000 or more inhabitants. They are, in order of size, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Amsterdam%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Amsterdam%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmsterdam%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> (in terms of population this is also the largest municipality in the Netherlands), <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Haarlem%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Haarlem%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHaarlem%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Haarlem" title="Haarlem">Haarlem</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Zaanstad%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Zaanstad%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BZaanstad%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="Zaanstad (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvWmFhbnN0YWQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Zaanstad</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Haarlemmermeer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Haarlemmermeer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHaarlemmermeer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Haarlemmermeer" title="Haarlemmermeer">Haarlemmermeer</a>. Another seven municipalities have a population between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants (i.e. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hilversum%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hilversum%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHilversum%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Hilversum" title="Hilversum">Hilversum</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Amstelveen%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Amstelveen%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmstelveen%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Amstelveen" title="Amstelveen">Amstelveen</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Purmerend%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Purmerend%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPurmerend%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Purmerend" title="Purmerend">Purmerend</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hoorn%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hoorn%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHoorn%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Hoorn" title="Hoorn">Hoorn</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Velsen%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Velsen%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVelsen%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Velsen" title="Velsen">Velsen</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Alkmaar%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Alkmaar%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAlkmaar%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Alkmaar" title="Alkmaar">Alkmaar</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Heerhugowaard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Heerhugowaard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHeerhugowaard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Heerhugowaard" title="Heerhugowaard">Heerhugowaard</a>.) The island of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Texel%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Texel%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTexel%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" href="/wiki/Texel" title="Texel">Texel</a> is also part of North Holland. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">North Holland makes up a single region of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22International%20Organization%20for%20Standardization%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22International%20Organization%20for%20Standardization%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BInternational%20Organization%20for%20Standardization%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="International Organization for Standardization (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbF9Pcmdhbml6YXRpb25fZm9yX1N0YW5kYXJkaXphdGlvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">International Organization for Standardization</a> world region code system, having the code <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22ISO%203166-2%3ANL%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22ISO%203166-2%3ANL%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BISO%203166-2%3ANL%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13019832866011ec1bc3d04" class="new" title="ISO 3166-2:NL (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSVNPXzMxNjYtMjpOTD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">ISO 3166-2:NL</a>-NH. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:94761 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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