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Haarlemmermeer

Haarlemmermeer () is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means 'Haarlem's lake', referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.

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Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in North Holland in the western Netherlands that was created from land reclaimed from a lake in the 19th century. It exemplifies Dutch engineering and land management, as the region's very existence depends on reclaiming and maintaining territory that was previously underwater.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Haarlemmermeer
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Hoofddorp, Netherlands - panoramio (24).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Windmill in Hoofddorp
Settlement.image_flag: Haarlemmermeer vlag 2019.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Haarlemmermeer wapen 2018.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0394 (2019).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Haarlemmermeer in a municipal map of North Holland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Amsterdam metropolitan area
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

History
Population centres
Monuments and parks
Economy
Transportation
Roadways
Calatrava bridges
Aviation
Railway
Water transport
Government
City council
National government
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Notable people
Sport
References
External links

Haarlemmermeer's main town is Hoofddorp, which has a population of 76,660. Hoofddorp, along with the rapidly growing towns of Nieuw-Vennep and Badhoevedorp, are part of the Randstad agglomeration. The main international airport of the Netherlands, Schiphol, is located in Haarlemmermeer.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haarlemmermeer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.