User:Esther Medemblik/Medemblik (town)
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Medemblik (uitspraakⓘ) is a city in the eponymous municipality of Medemblik in the Dutch province of North-Holland. It is located in West-Friesland by the IJsselmeer. As of 1 August 2013, the city has 8,492 residents (source: Municipality of Medemblik).
Medemblik is the oldest town in West Friesland: it was granted city rights by Count Floris V , who had then just subjected West Friesland to his count’s authority. Until 2007 Medemblik was an independent municipality, to which no other towns belonged. The municipality was one of the smallest in the province of North Holland. The current municipality of Medemblik arose from a merger with the municipality Noorder-Koggenland and Wognum on 1 January 2007, followed by a merger with the municipalities of Wervershoof and Andijk per 1 januari 2011.