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Zaanstad
Municipality
Windmill "Het Pink"
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Government
• Mayor	G.H. Faber (PvdA)
Area (2006)
• Total	83.04 km² (32.06 sq mi)
• Land	74.25 km² (28.67 sq mi)
• Water	8.80 km² (3.40 sq mi)
Population (1 April 2011)
• Total	147,141
• Density	1,903/km² (4,930/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.zaanstad.nl

Zaanstad [ˈzaːn.stɑt] ^ⓘ is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.

Population centres

The municipality of Zaanstad consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk.

Railway Stations in the Zaanstad Area

Local government

The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows:^[1]

PvdA (8 seats), VVD (7), ZOG (4), SP (3), GroenLinks (3), D66 (3), CDA (2), TROTS (2), ROSA (2), ChristenUnie (1), Democratisch Zaanstad (1), POV (1), PvdIJ (1), Dissels (1).

Notable tourist attractions

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Zaanstad is twinned with:

References

^ "www.zaanstad.nl/bpo/raad/raadsleden/". ^{[dead link]}

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zaanstad.

Places adjacent to Zaanstad

Zaanstad

North Sea Canal / Velsen

North Sea Canal / Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude

North Sea Canal / Amsterdam

v t e Municipalities of North Holland
Aalsmeer Alkmaar Amstelveen Amsterdam Bergen Beverwijk Blaricum Bloemendaal Castricum Den Helder Diemen Dijk en Waard Drechterland Edam-Volendam Enkhuizen Gooise Meren Haarlem Haarlemmermeer Heemskerk Heemstede Heiloo Hilversum Hollands Kroon Hoorn Huizen Koggenland Landsmeer Laren Medemblik Oostzaan Opmeer Ouder-Amstel Purmerend Schagen Stede Broec Texel Uitgeest Uithoorn Velsen Waterland Wijdemeren Wormerland Zaanstad Zandvoort
See also Netherlands Provinces Municipalities

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