Zandvoort

Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam water supply dunes. It hosts the country's most prominent motor racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort—the host of the Dutch Grand Prix since 1950.

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Zandvoort is a popular beach resort in the Netherlands known for its long sandy beach and location along the North Holland coast. It is also home to Circuit Zandvoort, the country's premier motor racing venue that has hosted the Dutch Grand Prix since 1950.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Zandvoort
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Raadhuis, Zandvoort.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Zandvoort Town Hall
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Zandvoort.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Zandvoort wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0473 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Zandvoort 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.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: CDA
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Official name: Zandvoort
Demonym: Zandvoorter
Country: Netherlands
Located in: North Holland
Population: 17168
Area: 44.34
Elevation: 3
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: North Sea
Shares border with: Noordwijk
Official website: zandvoort.nl
Image: 2010-08 toren zandvoort 14.JPG
Households: 8188
Dialing code: 023

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Commons category: Zandvoort
postal code: 2116
topic's main category: Category:Zandvoort
category for people born here: Q32667771
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Zandvoort
category of associated people: Category:People from Zandvoort
water as percent of area: 27.62
contains settlement: Bentveld
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Transport
Local government
Notable people
Sport
References
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The municipality extends inland to take in Bentveld; it had a population of 16,954 in 2017. A nudist bathing section of the beach begins about 2 km (1¼ miles) to the south, with six eateries, which extends kilometers (miles) further.

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