Zaanstad () is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of

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. Its main city is

Zaandam Zaandam () is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan, just north of Amsterdam. The statistical district Zaa ...

. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of in .

Topography

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,

, 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)

Local government

The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows: PvdA (4), VVD (4), ROSA (4), POV (4), SP (3), DZ (3), GroenLinks (3), D66 (3),

Party for Freedom The Party for Freedom ( nl, Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 2006 as the successor to Geert Wilders' one-man faction in the House of Representatives, it won nine ...

(3), CDA (2), DENK (2), Lokaal Zaans (2), PvdD (1), CU (1)

Notable tourist attractions

Zaans Museum Zaans Museum () is a museum in Zaandam, Netherlands, located at the Zaanse Schans. It opened in 1998 to preserve and protect the heritage of the Zaan area. In 2009, the museum was extended with the addition of the Verkade Experience. In 2016, ...

* Zaanse Schans * Czar Peter House *Gedempte Gracht, a shopping street in

Notable people from Zaanstad

The Arts

Rudolf Heinisch, Malermönch Jan Verkade, o

* Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597-ca.1665), a painter of the

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* Anton Mauve (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the Hague School *

Jan Verkade Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus (Jan) Verkade (18 September 1868 - 19 July 1946), afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter. A disciple of Paul Gauguin and friend of Paul Sérusier, he belon ...

(1868-1946),

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and Christian

Symbolist Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and real ...

painter * Piet Zwart (1885–1977), graphic designer, industrial designer and typographer * Dick Laan (1894–1973), children's writer and film pioneer IMDb Database
retrieved 18 May 2019 * Aafje Heynis (1924–2015), contralto *

Piet Kee Pieter William Kee (30 August 1927 – 25 May 2018) was a Dutch organist and composer. Biography Born in Zaandam, Netherlands, Kee studied organ, piano and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory, obtaining the Prix d'Excellence, and won first ...

(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 Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – )Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Fra ...

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 Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the ''Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises'', his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia ...

(1819–1878), medical doctor,

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October ...

, and

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning " reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and r ...

Christiaan Eijkman Christiaan Eijkman ( , , ; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins ( thiamine). Together w ...

(1858–1930), physician and professor of physiology, joint winner the

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( sv, Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or ...

in 1929 for the discovery of

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* Cornelis Zwikker (1900–1985), scientist, mostly in physics, chemistry and acoustics *

E. G. van de Stadt Ericus (Ricus) Gerhardus van de Stadt (1910–1999) was a Dutch yacht designer. He was the founder of industrial yacht building in the Netherlands. Yacht designer E.G. van de Stadt went through the HTS (technical college), completing his training ...

(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 Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch multinational retail company based in Zaandam, Netherlands. It merged with Belgium-based Delhaize Group in 2016 to form Ahold Delhaize. History Growth in the Netherlands The company started in 1887, when A ...

, kidnapped and murdered *

Floris Takens Floris Takens (12 November 1940 – 20 June 2010) was a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of chaotic dynamical systems. Together with David Ruelle, he predicted that fluid turbulence could develop through a strange attrac ...

(1940–2010), mathematician *

Willem Ouweneel Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Gui ...

(born 1944), biologist, philosopher and theologian

Sport

Jaap Boot Jacob "Jaap" Boot (1 March 1903 in Wormerveer – 14 June 1986 in Dordrecht) was a Dutch athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and the long jump. He competed for the Netherlands in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in t ...

(1903-1986), athlete, bronze medallist in the

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* Jaap Kraaier (1913–2004), flatwater canoeist, bronze medallist at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

* Nicolaas Tates (1915–1990), canoeist, bronze medallist at the

* Mieke Jaapies (born 1943), sprint canoer, silver medallist in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

* 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 Annemarie Sanders-Keijzer (born April 3, 1958) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She did so alongside Tineke Bartels, Ellen Bontje, and A ...

(born 1958), an equestrian, silver medallist in the Team Dressage

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

* Luc Nijholt (born 1961), football manager and a former player *

Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is the younger brother of his former international teammate Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman. Koeman was ca ...

(born 1963), retired footballer and ex-manager of the

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since 2020. * Erwin Koeman (born 1961), retired footballer * Wietse van Alten (born 1978), an archer, bronze medallist

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* Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (born 1995), footballer

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Zaanstad is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with:

Gallery

File:Holland - Twee molens 1900.jpg, Zaanstad windmill at the beginning of the 20th century File:River Zaan.jpg, River Zaan File:Windmill museum Zaanstad.jpg, Windmill Museum, Zaanstad Image:Zaandam, sluis foto3 2011-04-17 16.05.JPG, Zaandam, sluice File:Assendelft, de Sint-Odulphuskerk RM39923 IMG 9872 2019-06-17 13.48.jpg, Assendelft, church: the Sint-Odulphuskerk File:Westknollendam, de Tapsloot IMG 1519 2017-10-15 11.14.jpg, Westknollendam, ditch: de Tapsloot File:Krommeniedijk, het fort bij Krommeniedijk IMG 9884 2019-06-17 14.37.jpg, The fort near Krommeniedijk

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of North Holland