Zaanstad

Zaanstad (Template:IPA) 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 Template:Dutch municipality population in Template:YEAR.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of Zaanstad, 2014

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.

The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Columns-list

Jan Verkade, 1946

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–Template:Circa), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
Anton Mauve (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the Hague School<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
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<ref>IMDb Database retrieved 18 May 2019</ref>
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

Adriaan Pelt, 1940s

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

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

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
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

Zaanstad is twinned with:

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Zaanstad windmill at the beginning of the 20th century

Zaanstad windmill at the beginning of the 20th century
River Zaan

River Zaan
Windmill Museum, Zaanstad

Windmill Museum, Zaanstad
Zaandam, sluice

Zaandam, sluice
Assendelft, church: the Sint-Odulphuskerk

Assendelft, church: the Sint-Odulphuskerk
Westknollendam, ditch: de Tapsloot

Westknollendam, ditch: de Tapsloot
The fort near Krommeniedijk

The fort near Krommeniedijk