Bloemendaal

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Bloemendaal
Image:Dutch Municipality Bloemendaal 2006.png
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Coordinates</td> <td>52.40° N 4.62° E</td> Coordinates: 52.40° N 4.62° E
Area	38.56 km²
- Land	38.04 km²
- Water	0.52 km²
Population (2005)	16,931
- Density	445/km² </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Mayor</td> <td>W.H. de Gelder (GroenLinks)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Website</td> <td>www.bloemendaal.nl

Image:Ltspkr.pngBloemendaal is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

1 Population centres
2 Local government
3 Railway connections
4 Railway
5 Sports
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Population centres

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bloemendaal, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal aan Zee, Overveen, Vogelenzang.

[edit] Local government

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

VVD - 6 seats
CDA - 3 seats
Liberaal Bloemendaal - 3 seats
Progressief Bloemendaal - 2 seats
PvdA - 2 seats
GroenLinks - 1 seat

[edit] Railway connections

The municipality of Bloemendaal contains three train stations: Bloemendaal, on the connection between Haarlem and Uitgeest; Overveen, on the connection between Haarlem and Zandvoort aan Zee; and Heemstede-Aerdenhout, on the connection between Haarlem and Leiden.

[edit] Railway

Railway Leiden Centraal to Haarlem (part of line 10), with stations (municipalities in bold) and official station abbreviations:

Leiden Centraal (ledn)
Voorhout (vh) (mun. Teylingen)
Hillegom (hil)
Heemstede-Aerdenhout (mun. Bloemendaal) (had)
Haarlem (hlm) edit

Railway Zandvoort aan Zee to Haarlem (line 12), with stations (municipalities in bold), and official station abbreviations:

Zandvoort aan Zee (zvt)
Overveen (ovn) (mun. Bloemendaal)
Haarlem (hlm) edit

[edit] Sports

Bloemendaal is the home town of one of the country's most famous field hockey clubs, HC Bloemendaal. The first men's team is competing for the Dutch title nearly every year.

[edit] References

Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

[edit] External links

A map of Bloemendaal

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