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Encyclopedia > Zaanstad
Zaanstad
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Location municipality Zaanstad
Country The Netherlands
Province North Holland
Coordinates and maps 52.48° N 4.80° E
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Mayor J.H.H. Mans (PvdA)
Area
 • Land
 • Water
81.77 km²
66.23 km²
15.54 km²
Population
 • Density
139,541 (2005)
2,107/km²
Website www.zaanstad.nl

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Image:Ltspkr.pngZaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. Download high resolution version (1800x1200, 516 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1800x1200, 516 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Place with a railway station, in the municipality Zaanstad Zaandam is the largest town of the municipality. ...


Population centres

The municipality of Zaanstad consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk. The river Zaan Zaanstad (population: 139,774 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... The river Zaan Zaanstad (population: 139,774 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... The river Zaan Zaanstad (population: 139,774 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... The river Zaan Zaanstad (population: 139,774 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... The river Zaan Zaanstad (population: 139,774 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Place with a railway station, in the municipality Zaanstad Zaandam is the largest town of the municipality. ... Zaandijk is a town in the Netherlands, located in the municipality Zaanstad in the province Noord-Holland. ...


Local government

The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows:

  • VVD - 5 seats (7 seats, 2002)
  • PvdA - 12 seats (6 seats, 2002)
  • CDA - 4 seats (5 seats, 2002
  • Zaanstad Transparan - no seat (5 seats, 2002)
  • Democratisch Zaanstad - 1 seat (4 seats, 2002)
  • GroenLinks - 3 seats (3 seats, 2002)
  • SP - 5 seats (2 seats, 2002)
  • ROSA - 2 seats (2 seats, 2002)
  • ZOG - 4 seats (2 seats, 2002)
  • D66 - no seat (1 seat, 2002)
  • ChristenUnie - 1 seat (1 seat, 2002)
  • Independent - 1 seat (1 seat, 2002)

The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie; VVD) is the Dutch right-wing liberal party. ... The Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), or Labour Party, is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands. ... The Christen Democratisch Appèl (Abbriviated: CDA, English: Christian-Democratic Appeal) is a Dutch christian-democratic political party. ... This article is about the Dutch political party. ... The Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij) is a socialist party in the Netherlands. ... Democraten 66 (D66), is a social liberal party in the Netherlands. ... The ChristenUnie (Christians Union) is a relatively young political party in the Netherlands. ...

References

  • Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant


 
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Zaanstad - definition of Zaanstad in Encyclopedia (149 words)
Zaanstad (population: 139,774 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
The municipality of Zaanstad consists the following towns, villages and townships: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk.
Zaanstad was the first industrial city of Europe.
Gemeente Zaanstad - English (669 words)
With its population of 136.000 Zaanstad is the fifteenth largest city in The Netherlands.
Zaanstad has many new housing areas, often of high quality in terms of architecture, variety and their spacious lay-out.
In this way Zaanstad is certainly doing justice to its slogan (that not only refers to its geographical position in the north of the Dutch central urban conglomeration): ‘Zaanstad, Top of the Randstad’.
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