Zaanstad

Zaanstad
Municipality
Windmill Het Pink [nl]
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
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Coordinates: 52°26′N 4°49′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Region	Amsterdam metropolitan area
Established	1 January 1974
Government ^[1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jan Hamming (PvdA)
Area ^[2]
• Total	83.24 km² (32.14 sq mi)
• Land	73.87 km² (28.52 sq mi)
• Water	9.37 km² (3.62 sq mi)
Elevation ^[3]	1 m (3 ft)
Population (January 2021)^[4]
• Total	156,901
• Density	2,124/km² (5,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 1500 range
Area code	075
Website	www.zaanstad.nl

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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.

Local government

The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows:^[5]

Notable people from Zaanstad

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–c. 1665), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
Anton Mauve (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the Hague School^[6]
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^[7]
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 (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

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

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

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