Venhuizen

52.6648583333335.2077527777778Koordinaten: 52 ° 40 ' N, 5 ° 12'

Venhuizen is a village in the municipality Drechterland in the Dutch province of North Holland. The West Frisian town is located east of the city of Hoorn and Enkhuizen west of the city, directly at the Marker lake. For sea extending along the village area of ​​Zuiderdijk, a dike, which also serves as a road car. In the municipality of 7,812 inhabitants ( 2004) living in an area of 56.65 km ² (of which 19.52 km ² water surface ).

In the predominantly agrarian village there are few tourist facilities such as the Zomerpark West Frisia, a larger holiday home area, which is located just before Oosterleek directly on the dike. There are numerous small bays, shortly before Enkhuizen a slightly larger bay with a 100 meter long sandy beach. There and in Shellinghout located campsites.

To the municipality includes the villages of Hem, Oosterleek, Schellinkhout and Wijdenes.

Mayor of the town was, until 1 January 2006, the Sino- surinamischstämmige Roy Ho Ten Soeng. He was the first non- native of the Netherlands, mayor of the country.

Venhuizen lost 1 January 2006, the status of an independent municipality and was incorporated into the municipality Drechterland.