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Zaanstad
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Windmill Het Pink
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Location in North Holland
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Country | Netherlands | ||
Province | North Holland | ||
Region | Amsterdam metropolitan area | ||
Established | 1 January 1974 | ||
Government | |||
• Body | Municipal council | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 83.24 km2 (32.14 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 73.88 km2 (28.53 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) | ||
Population
(May 2014)
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• Total | 151,109 | ||
• Density | 2,045/km2 (5,300/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
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Area code | 075 | ||
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Zaanstad (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzaːnstɑt]) is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of 151,109 in 2014.
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Topography
Population centres
The municipality of Zaanstad is a conurbation consisting of the cities, towns and villages of: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam and Zaandijk. However, being surrounded by countryside and due to its relatively protracted shape that follows the river Zaan, a rural atmosphere is always nearby.
Railway stations in Zaanstad
- Koog aan de Zaan railway station (formerly Koog Bloemwijk)
- Krommenie-Assendelft railway station
- Wormerveer railway station
- Zaandam railway station
- Zaandam Kogerveld railway station
- Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station (formerly Koog-Zaandijk)
Notable tourist attractions
- Zaans Museum
- Zaanse Schans
- Czar Peter House
- Gedempte Gracht, a shopping street in Zaandam
Notable people from Zaanstad
The arts
- Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–c. 1665), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
- Anton Mauve (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the Hague School
- Jan Verkade (1868-1946), post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter
- Piet Zwart (1885–1977), graphic designer, industrial designer and typographer
- Dick Laan (1894–1973), children's writer and film pioneer
- Aafje Heynis (1924–2015), contralto
- Piet Kee (1927–2018), organist and composer
- Han Bennink (born 1942), jazz drummer and percussionist
- Kathinka Pasveer (born 1959), flautist
Public thinking & public service
- Adriaan Pelt (1892–1981), journalist, international civil servant and diplomat
- Johannes Kleiman (1896–1959), resident who helped hide Anne Frank and her family
- Hanneke Ippisch (1925–2012), member of the Dutch resistance in World War II
- Tom Viezee (born 1950), Christian minister and former politician, Mayor of Zeewolde 1999–2004
- Emine Bozkurt (born 1967), politician
Science & business
- Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
- Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), physician and professor of physiology, joint winner the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins
- Cornelis Zwikker (1900–1985), scientist, mostly in physics, chemistry and acoustics
- E. G. van de Stadt (1910–1999), yacht designer
- Simon de Wit (1912–1976), rower and CEO of the supermarket chain Simon de Wit
- Gerrit Jan Heijn (1931–1987), businessman with Ahold, kidnapped and murdered
- Floris Takens (1940–2010), mathematician
Sport
- Jaap Boot (1903-1986), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Jaap Kraaier (1913–2004), flatwater canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Nicolaas Tates (1915–1990), canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Mieke Jaapies (born 1943), sprint canoer, silver medallist in the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Cees Stam (born 1945), a former track cyclist and four-time world champion stayer
- Toos Beumer (born 1947), swimmer, team bronze medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Johnny Rep (born 1951), former footballer
- Annemarie Sanders (born 1958), an equestrian, silver medallist in the Team Dressage 1992 Summer Olympics
- Luc Nijholt (born 1961), football manager and a former player
- Erwin Koeman (born 1961), retired footballer
- Ronald Koeman (born 1963), retired footballer and ex-manager of the Barcelona since 2020.
- Wietse van Alten (born 1978), an archer, bronze medallist 2000 Summer Olympics
- Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (born 1995), footballer
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Zaanstad is twinned with:
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See also
In Spanish: Zaanstad para niños
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