Zaanstad
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| Zaanstad | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland </tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Coordinates</td> <td></td> |
| Area | 81.77 km² |
| - Land | 66.23 km² |
| - Water | 15.54 km² |
| Population (2005) | 139,541 |
| - Density | 2,107/km² </tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Mayor</td> <td>J.H.H. Mans (PvdA)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Website</td> <td>www.zaanstad.nl |
Image:Ltspkr.pngZaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam.
[edit] Population centres
The municipality of Zaanstad consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk.
[edit] Local government
The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows:
- VVD - 5 seats (7 seats, 2002)
- PvdA - 12 seats (6 seats, 2002)
- CDA - 4 seats (5 seats, 2002
- Zaanstad Transparan - no seat (5 seats, 2002)
- Democratisch Zaanstad - 1 seat (4 seats, 2002)
- GroenLinks - 3 seats (3 seats, 2002)
- SP - 5 seats (2 seats, 2002)
- ROSA - 2 seats (2 seats, 2002)
- ZOG - 4 seats (2 seats, 2002)
- D66 - no seat (1 seat, 2002)
- ChristenUnie - 1 seat (1 seat, 2002)
- Independent - 1 seat (1 seat, 2002)
[edit] References
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zaanstad
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
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