Wervershoof (Dutch: [ˌʋɛrvərsˈɦoːf] ⓘ; West Frisian: Werfershouf) is a small town and former municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
It may come from the preacher Werenfridus, a follower of Willibrord who came to the area in 690 and later lived on a farm there.
The municipality was then enlarged by adding High and Low Zwaagdijk, after which it had about 1,600 inhabitants.
After slow growth in the early 20th century, the population grew more rapidly after World War II, increasing from 2,000 to just over 5,000 over a 40-year period.
[3] The last municipal council of Wervershoof consisted of 13 seats, which at the 2006 election, were divided as follows:[4] An election was held in November 2010 for a council for the new Medemblik municipality that merged Medemblik with both Wervershoof and Andijk.