Ransdorp is a village in the

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Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, part of the

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. It lies about 7 km northeast of the

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, in the

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district. Ransdorp is a part of the borough (

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: ''stadsdeel'')

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and has about 245 inhabitants.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004'' : postcode 1028BK to BS. In 1840, the village had 292 inhabitants, living in 44 houses. Ransdorp was a separate municipality until 1921, when it merged with Amsterdam so that the

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could ensure that the village's infrastructure was well-maintained. The municipality also covered the villages of

Durgerdam Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJmeer. Durgerdam is a part of the ''deelgemeente'' (sub-municipa ...

Holysloot Holysloot is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 9 km northeast of the city centre. The name ''Holysloot'' probably derives from an expression for a "low-lying area a ...

and

Schellingwoude Schellingwoude is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. A former village located on the northern shore of the IJ, in the province of North Holland, it was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1857, when it was merged with Ransdorp; the ...

. The village has an exceptional number of buildings labelled as

Rijksmonument A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...

en; its church is the best known. The village's main sources of revenue are

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and

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. Ransdorp is served by public bus lines operated by the

Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf The Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf Amsterdam (, GVB ; English: Amsterdam Municipality Transportation Company)Sometimes also written Gemeentevervoerbedrijf in Dutch. is the municipal public transport operator for Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands ...

(GVB). Ransdorp was visited by the American

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show ''

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'' in 2007. Contestants had to perform a traditional

fierljeppen ''Fierljeppen'' ( West-Frisian compound of ''fier''—"far" and ''ljeppen''—"leaping") or ''polsstokverspringen'' is a traditional sport of the West Frisian people in the Dutch province of Fryslân. The sport is nowadays also popular in the ...

river vault before completing the "leg" at a local yacht club in

. The show returned to the village five years later on ''

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'' to perform a "Switchback" of fierljeppen task again before ending the leg near the church of Ransdorp. In 2016, the village was featured on the Chinese reality show ''

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'' as the site of a geese herding task. In 2020, the village appeared on the Israeli reality show ''

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'' as the site of a fierljeppen task. File:Ransdorp - panoramio (3).jpg, Typical wooden houses File:Landscape-IMG 3370.JPG, Landscape outside Ransdorp File:Ransdorp - panoramio.jpg, Village centre File:Ransdorp - panoramio (1).jpg, Canal next to the dorpsweg

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* {{Authority control Former municipalities of North Holland Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam Amsterdam-Noord