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Zaandam
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Zaandam () is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan, just north of Amsterdam.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Zaandam is referenced by 499 other articles, and connects out to Zaan, Netherlands and Amsterdam.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NH, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Cities in the Netherlands, Former municipalities of North Holland and Populated places in North Holland.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zaandam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_shield
- Zaandam wapen.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Zaandam vlag 1938-1974.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Zaanse Schans - Windmills 3.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Windmills at the Zaanse Schans north of Zaandam in 2007
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zaanstad
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 76,804
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Demonym
- Zaandammer
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- North Holland
- Population
- 78682
- Area
- 23
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Zaanse Schans - Windmills 3.jpg
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- P12749
- 171 Ophelia
- twinned administrative body
- Boulogne-Billancourt
- topic's main category
- Category:Zaandam
- Commons category
- Zaandam
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Zaandam
- postal code
- 1500–1510
- replaced by
- Zaanstad
- P8168
- Aaron Tänzer
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Transport
- Gallery
- Historical flags
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Zaandam () is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan, just north of Amsterdam.
The statistical district Zaandam, which encompasses both the city and the surrounding countryside, has about 76,804 residents. Zaandam was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new municipality of Zaanstad.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zaandam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
On the map
3 mapped locations