Wieringen

thumb|Map of North Holland from 1865 with Wieringen still an island

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Settlement.official_name: Wieringen
Settlement.image_skyline: Oosterland Wieringen.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial photograph of Oosterland
Settlement.image_flag: Wieringen vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.image_shield: Wieringen wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x100px
Settlement.image_map: Dutch Municipality Wieringen 2006.png
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hollands Kroon
Settlement.area_footnotes: (2006)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 212.50

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Demonym: Wieringer
Area: 212.50
Official website: www.wieringen.nl
Image: Oosterland Wieringen.jpg

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Commons category: Wieringen
postal code: 1777–1779

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thumb|Map of North Holland from 1865 with Wieringen still an island

Wieringen () is located in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Now a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, it was a separate municipality before 2012. Its name first appeared in 8th and 9th century records. By 1200 it was an island, also named Wieringen, separated from the mainland during one of the severe storm floods in the late Middle Ages that changed the coastline. Through the usage of draining, dikes, and landfill from 1924 to 1932, the island was rejoined to the mainland.