Editing Zandvoort

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| government_footnotes     = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = https://www.zandvoort.nl/bestuur/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders/samenstelling-en-portefeuilleverdeling/burgemeester-david-moolenburgh-voorzitter/
 |title = Burgemeester David Moolenburgh
 |trans-title = Mayor David Moolenburgh
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Zandvoort
 |access-date = 14 June 2022}}</ref>
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| leader_party             = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
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'''Zandvoort''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈzɑntfoːrt|-|Nl-Zandvoort.ogg}}) is a [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Holland]], [[Netherlands]]. It is one of the major [[beach]] resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal [[dune]]s of [[Zuid-Kennemerland National Park]] and the Amsterdam water supply dunes. It hosts the country's most prominent [[auto racing|motor racing]] circuit, [[Circuit Zandvoort]].

The municipality of extends to take in [[Bentveld]]; it had a population of 16,954 in 2017. A [[nudism|nudist]] bathing section of the beach begins about 2&nbsp;km to the south, with six eateries, which extends kilometers further.

==History==
[[File:Gem-Zandvoort-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|Topographic map of Zandvoort, 2014]]
[[File:Aerial view of the North Sea, Zandvoort, the Netherlands (47980173173).jpg|thumb|Zandvoort aan Zee]]
[[File:Fritz von Uhde Leierkastenmann.jpg|thumb|''Organ Grinder in Zandvoort'', 1883 painting by [[Fritz von Uhde]]. Click to expand.]]
[[File:Zandvoort, vuurtoren foto2 2011-06-12 11.58.JPG|Zandvoort, water tower|thumb|170px]]
Zandvoort is known to exist in 1100, called ''Sandevoerde'' (a combination of "sand" and "''voorde''", meaning [[ford (crossing)|ford]]; compare English ''[[Sandford (disambiguation)#Places|Sandford]]''). Until 1722 the area was under the control of the [[Van Brederode|Lords of Brederode]]. The village was dependent on fishing for many centuries until the 19th century when it started to transform itself into a seaside resort, following the pattern set by similar towns in the [[United Kingdom]]. In 1828 the first resort was inaugurated. Thereafter many notable persons would visit Zandvoort, including [[Elisabeth of Bavaria]] in 1884 and 1885. In the middle of the same century, potato cultivation started in the dunes.

In 1881 the railway station near the coast opened, followed by [[tram]] connection to Haarlem in 1899, which greatly increased the beach tourism. In 1905 one of the earliest Dutch fictional films was shot in the town, ''[[De mésaventure van een Fransch heertje zonder pantalon aan het strand te Zandvoort]]''. During [[World War II]], Zandvoort was heavily damaged. On May 23, 1942, beach access was no longer permitted and several months later the town was almost completely vacated. Resorts and avenues were demolished to make way for the coastal fortifications of the [[Atlantic Wall]].

After the war, the town's growth accelerated, matching the growth in tourism. In 1948, [[Circuit Zandvoort]] was built, hosting the [[Dutch Grand Prix]] for several decades, until 1985. The Dutch GP returned in 2021, in the [[2021 Formula One World Championship]]. Zandvoort continues to be a major Dutch resort location, where nearly half of all employment is related to tourism. The Dutch singer [[Mouth & MacNeal|Willem Duyn]]'s ''De Eerste Trein Naar Zandvoort'' ("First train to Zandvoort"), modeled on the American song [[Chattanooga Choo Choo]] and chronicling chaos and mayhem on the first seaside train, was a hit in the summer of 1983.

== Transport ==
Zandvoort has a station, with half-hourly services to [[Haarlem]] and [[Amsterdam]], with extra services from Haarlem during the summer. The station is [[Zandvoort aan Zee railway station]].

== Local government ==
The [[municipal council]] of Zandvoort consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows since 2022:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voorlopige uitslag gemeenteraads-verkiezingen 2022 |url=https://www.zandvoort.nl/nieuws/2022/voorlopige-uitslag-gemeenteraads-verkiezingen-2022/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Zandvoort |language=nl}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*Jong Zandvoort<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jongzandvoort.nl |title=Jong Zandvoort |publisher=jongzandvoort.nl |access-date=2022-06-14}}</ref> 3 seats
*[[Christen-Democratisch Appèl|CDA]] 3 seats
*Ouderen Partij Zandvoort<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opzandvoort.nl |title=Ouderen Partij Zandvoort |publisher=Opzandvoort.nl |access-date=2022-06-14}}</ref> 3 seats
*[[Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie|VVD]] 2 seats
*[[Party for Freedom|PVV]] 2 seats
*[[Partij van de Arbeid (Nederland)|PvdA]] 1 seat
*[[GroenLinks]] 1 seat
*[[Democraten 66|D66]] 1 seat
*Zandvoort Echt Een<ref>{{cite web |url=https://partij-zee.nl/ |title=De propositiepartij van Zandvoort |language=nl |website=Zandvoort Echt Een |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref> 1 seat}}

== Notable people ==
* [[William Merritt Chase]] (1849–1916) American Impressionist Painter painted his masterpiece entitled "[[:Image:Chase William Merritt Sunlight and Shadow 1884.jpg|Sunlight and Shadow]]" in Zandvoort. It hangs in the [[Joslyn Art Museum]] in Omaha, Nebraska. 
* [[Lovis Corinth]] (1858–1925) German artist and writer, painter and printmaker died of pneumonia in Zandvoort having made a final visit to see his favourite [[Dutch masters]]
* [[Bep Schrieke]] (1890–1945) politician and academic
* [[Lou Bandy]] (1890–1959) Dutch singer and conferencier
* [[Anne Frank]] (1929–1945) Jewish diarist and victim of the Holocaust, and her family used to regularly visit Zandvoort in the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Timeline/World-War-Two-1939-1945/The-German-invasion/1939/Margot-left-and-Anne-Frank-on-the-beach-at-Zandvoort-in-the-Netherlands/|title=Margot (left) and Anne Frank on the beach at Zandvoort in the Netherlands, August 1940.|first=Anne Frank|last=Stichting|date=23 September 2010|website=web.annefrank.org}}</ref>
* [[Shirley (Dutch singer)|Shirley Zwerus, stage name Shirley]] (born 1946) singer and pianist
* [[Hans Blom (philosopher)|Hans Willem Blom]] (born 1947) Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at [[Erasmus University]]
* [[Stella Maessen]] (born 1953) singer, participated in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1970, 1977 and 1982

=== Sport ===
* [[Elisabeth Koning]] (1917–1975) sprinter, competed in the women's 100 metres at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Bep Ipenburg]] (born 1936) former artistic gymnast, competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Bert Jacobs]] (1941–1999) football manager and played for HFC Haarlem
* [[Roy Schuiten]] (1950–2006) track and road racing cyclist
* [[Loes Schutte]] (born 1953) retired rower, participated in [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jan Lammers]] (born 1956), former racing driver (Formula One)
* [[Piet Keur]] (born 1960), former football player
* [[Harriet van Ettekoven]] (born 1961) former international rower, won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Danny van Dongen]] (born 1983) racing driver and entrepreneur 
* [[Leroy Kaestner]] (born 1988) welterweight kickboxer
* [[René Lammers]] (born 2008), racing driver
<gallery class="center" widths="120px" heights="160px">
File:William Merritt Chase.jpg|William Merritt Chase
File:Stella-maessen-1316253204.jpg|Stella Maessen
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Zandvoort}}
*[http://www.zandvoort.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Zandvoort
 | North     = [[Bloemendaal]]
 | East      = [[Bloemendaal]]
 | South     = [[Noordwijk]]&nbsp;([[South Holland|ZH]])
 | West      = ''[[North Sea]]''
}}
{{North Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Seaside resorts in the Netherlands]]