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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Ursem in the municipality of Wester-Koggenland.Ursem (coord|52|38|N|4|54|E|type:city(2142)) is a village in the Dutch province of
North Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofKoggenland , and lies about 7 km east ofAlkmaar and 30 km north ofAmsterdam and 10 km west fromHoorn .Ursem was a separate municipality until 1979, when the new municipality of
Wester-Koggenland was created. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the village of Ursem had 2142 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.59 km², and contained 789 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001"] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Ursem", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2160.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/ursem.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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