Beemster

Beemster
Former municipality
Middenbeemster town centre
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the former municipality of Beemster in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°33′N 4°55′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Purmerend
Area
• Total	72.07 km2 (27.83 sq mi)
• Land	70.58 km2 (27.25 sq mi)
• Water	1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Elevation	−4 m (−13 ft)
Population  (January 2021)
• Total	10,110
• Density	143/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1460–1464
Area code	0299
Website	www.beemster.net
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
Criteria	Cultural: i, ii, iv
Reference	899
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)

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Beemster (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːmstər] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmills between 1609 and 1612. The original well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, and dykes has been preserved intact. A grid of canals parallels the grid of roads in the Beemster. The larger feeder canals are offset by approximately one kilometer from the larger roads.

Beemster merged into the existing municipality of Purmerend on 1 January 2022.