Aalsmeer

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Aalsmeer
Image:Dutch Municipality Aalsmeer 2006.png
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Coordinates</td> <td>52.27° N 4.77° E</td> Coordinates: 52.27° N 4.77° E
Area	34.40 km²
- Land	22.69 km²
- Water	11.71 km²
Population (2005)	23,279
- Density	1,025/km² </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Mayor</td> <td>J.I.M. Hoffscholte (VVD)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Website</td> <td>www.aalsmeer.nl

Image:Water tower Aalsmeer.JPG

Image:Ltspkr.pngAalsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Aalsmeer borders on the Westeinderplassen, the largest open water of the Randstad.

Because the largest flower auction in the world is based in Aalsmeer, the town is sometimes referred to as the flower capital of the world. The auction building is the largest commercial building in the world, in terms of floorspace. For the same spatial reasons the Endemol-studios are located here.

1 Population Centres
2 Local government
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Population Centres

The municipality of Aalsmeer consists of the following cities, towns, and villages: Aalsmeer, Kudelstaart.

Families of Aalsmeer include: The Boomhouwer family.

[edit] Local government

The municipal council of Aalsmeer consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows:

CDA - 6 seats
PACT - 5 seats
AB - 4 seats
VVD - 4 seats

[edit] References

Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

[edit] External links

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