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Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands
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 156,901 in 2021.
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of Zaanstad, 2014
Population centres
The municipality of Zaanstad is a
conurbation itself and consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
Assendelft ,
Koog aan de Zaan ,
Krommenie ,
Westzaan ,
Wormerveer ,
Zaandam ,
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
Local government
The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows:
[5]
POV (6),
PvdA (5),
VVD (5), ROSA (4), DZ (4),
GroenLinks (3),
D66 (2),
Party for Freedom (2),
CDA (2),
DENK (2),
PvdD (2),
CU (1),
SP (1).
Notable tourist attractions
Notable people from Zaanstad
The arts
Jan Verkade, 1946
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
[6]
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
[7]
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, 1940s
Science & business
Christiaan Eijkman
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
Toos Beumer, 1963
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
Ronald Koeman (born 1963), retired footballer and ex-manager of the
Barcelona since 2020.
Erwin Koeman (born 1961), retired footballer
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:
Gallery
Zaanstad windmill at the beginning of the 20th century
River Zaan
Windmill Museum, Zaanstad
Zaandam, sluice
Assendelft, church: the Sint-Odulphuskerk
Westknollendam, ditch: de Tapsloot
The fort near Krommeniedijk
References
External links
Places adjacent to Zaanstad
International National Geographic