Amstelveen

Amstelveen
	Amstelveen
	fountain at Stadshart, a shopping mall at the center of Amstelveen
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 52°18′N 4°52′E / 52.30°N 4.87°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
	Area (2009)
- Total	44.05 km2 (17 sq mi)
- Land	41.56 km2 (16 sq mi)
- Water	2.49 km2 (1 sq mi)
	Population (26 January 2009)
- Total	78,980
- Density	1,903/km2 (4,928.7/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.amstelveen.nl

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Satellite photograph of Amstelveen

Amstelveen (help·info) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called Nieuwer-Amstel.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has its headquarters in Amstelveen^[1]52°18′22″N 4°50′35″E / 52.306117°N 4.842954°E / 52.306117; 4.842954, as are international headquarters of the Big Four auditors, KPMG.

[edit] Trivia

Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende started his political career as member of the Amstelveen city council.
Amstelveen has a light rail and tram connection with Amsterdam.
The Cobra Museum is located in the center of Amstelveen.
The town is the birthplace of the artist Jan Cornelis Hofman.
The International School Amsterdam is located in Amstelveen.
As a result of the vicinity of Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport), there are lots of Japanese companies in Amstelveen. This is one of the reasons the Nihon Ki-in opened its European Go and Cultural Centre in Amstelveen.
The Thijssepark or in full the Dr Jac. P. Thijssepark was the first heempark in The Netherlands. Designed by landscape architect C.P.Broerse (1902-1995) following the ideas of the great Dutch naturalist and conservationist J.P. Thijsse, it was developed between 1940 and 1972 and is 5 hectares in area. It is just south of the Amsterdamse Bos and is accessible from Amsterdamse Weg. It is one of a network of sixteen heemparks or heemgroen in Amstelveen.
The city was chosen as an unlikely host of a match in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, for which the Netherlands had not even qualified. South Africa played Kenya in the match.

[edit] Secondary Education

The Hermann Wesselink College: offers Bilingual education, VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum), HAVO and VMBO-T.
The Keizer Karel College: offers VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum) and HAVO.
The Amstelveen College: offers VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum), HAVO and VMBO-T.
The Panta Rhei: offers VMBO and LWOO.

[edit] Population centres

The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Nes aan de Amstel, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (partly).