Zaanstad Explained
| Zaanstad |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 100x67px |
| Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Zaanstad in a municipal map of North Holland |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Europe |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the Netherlands##Location within Europe |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 52.4333°N 53°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Amsterdam metropolitan area |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1 January 1974 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Governing Body: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | PvdA |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jan Hamming |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 1 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | Parts of 1500 range |
| Area Code: | 075 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Module: | |
| Footnotes: | Click on the map for a fullscreen view |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Zaanstad (pronounced as /nl/) 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 in .
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
Local government
The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:[3]
Notable tourist attractions
Notable people from Zaanstad
The arts
- Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
- Anton Mauve (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the Hague School[4]
- 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[5]
- 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
- 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
- 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
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands.
Twin towns – sister cities
Zaanstad is twinned with:
Notes and References
- Web site: Burgemeester mr. G.H. Faber (PvdA) . Mayor G.H. Faber (PvdA) . nl . Gemeente Zaanstad . 6 March 2014.
- Web site: Postcodetool for 1506MZ . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 6 March 2014.
- Web site: 16 March 2022. Zaanstad municipal election 2022 . 3 July 2024 . verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. nl.
- Mauve,_Anton . 17 . x.
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479252/ IMDb Database
