Editing Zaanstad

{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Zaanstad
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Netherlands}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|North Holland}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of regions of the Netherlands|Region]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Amsterdam metropolitan area]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1974
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = https://www.zaanstad.nl/mozard/!suite86.scherm0325?mPag=251&mVrg=873&mLok=1
 |title = Burgemeester mr. G.H. Faber (PvdA) 
 |trans-title = Mayor G.H. Faber (PvdA) 
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Zaanstad
 |access-date = 6 March 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Jan Hamming]]
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'''Zaanstad''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈzaːnstɑt|-|Nl-Zaanstad.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Dutch municipality]] in the province of [[North Holland]], situated northwest of [[Amsterdam]]. Its main city is [[Zaandam]]. It is part of the [[conurbation]] and [[Amsterdam metropolitan area|metropolitan area of Amsterdam]]. It had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Zaanstad}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

== Topography ==
[[File:Gem-Zaanstad-OpenTopo.jpg|left|275px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Zaanstad, 2014'']]

==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==
* [[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 at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 local elections]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022|title=Zaanstad municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731374 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=14em|
*Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 6, 
*[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 5, 
*[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 5, 
*ROSA - 4, 
*Democratisch Zaanstad - 4, 
*[[GroenLinks]] - 3, 
*[[Democrats 66|D66]] - 2, 
*[[Party for Freedom]] - 2, 
*[[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 2, 
*[[DENK (political party)|DENK]] - 2, 
*[[Party for the Animals|PvdD]] - 2, 
*[[Christian Union (Netherlands)|CU]] - 1, 
*[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]] - 1.}}

==Notable tourist attractions==
*[[Zaans Museum]]
*[[Zaanse Schans]]
*[[Czar Peter House (Netherlands)|Czar Peter House]]
*Gedempte Gracht, a shopping street in [[Zaandam]]

== Notable people from Zaanstad ==

=== The arts ===
[[File:Rudolf Heinisch, Malermönch Jan Verkade, o.J., Öl auf Leinwand.jpg|140px|thumb|Jan Verkade, 1946]]
* [[Pieter Jansz. Saenredam]] (1597–{{circa|1665}}), a painter of the [[Dutch Golden Age]]
* [[Anton Mauve]] (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the [[Hague School]]<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Mauve,_Anton |volume= 17 |short=x}}</ref> 
* [[Jan Verkade]] (1868-1946), [[post-Impressionist]] and Christian [[Symbolism (movement)|Symbolist]] painter
* [[Piet Zwart]] (1885–1977), graphic designer, industrial designer and typographer
* [[Dick Laan]] (1894–1973), children's writer and film pioneer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479252/  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

=== Public thinking & public service ===
[[File:AdriaanPelt.jpg|140px|thumb|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

=== Science & business ===
[[File:Christiaan Eijkman.jpg|140px|thumb|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 (rower)|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

=== Sport ===
[[File:Toos Beumer 1963.jpg|140px|thumb|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 [[FC Barcelona|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 [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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|- valign="top"
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* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marino, Italy|Marino]], [[Italy]]
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* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Pančevo]], [[Serbia]]
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* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Zwickau]], [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
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
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|50em}}

==External links==
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*{{official|http://www.zaanstad.nl }}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Zaanstad
|North     = [[Alkmaar]]
|Northeast = [[Wormerland]]
|East      = [[Oostzaan]]
|Southeast = ''[[North Sea Canal]]''<br/>[[Amsterdam]]
|South     = ''[[North Sea Canal]]''<br/>[[Haarlemmermeer]]
|Southwest = ''[[North Sea Canal]]''<br/>[[Velsen]]
|West      = [[Heemskerk]]<br>[[Beverwijk]]
|Northwest = [[Uitgeest]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Zaanstad}}
{{North Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]