Zandvoort

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zandvoort
Image:Dutch Municipality Zandvoort 2006.png
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Coordinates</td> <td>52.37° N 4.53° E</td> Coordinates: 52.37° N 4.53° E
Area	33.82 km²
- Land	33.82 km²
- Water	0.00 km²
Population (2005)	16,866
- Density	499/km² </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Mayor</td> <td>M.R. van der Heijden (VVD)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Website</td> <td>www.zandvoort.nl

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

Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is also the site of the country's most important automobile racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort.

There is a nudist beach: from the center 2 km to the south, ca. 6 cafés/restaurants; it extends several kilometers further south.

1 Population centres
2 Transportation
3 Local government
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Population centres

The municipality of Zandvoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bentveld, Zandvoort.

[edit] Transportation

Railway station: Zandvoort (the closest Dutch train station to the beach).

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] Local government

The municipal council of Zandvoort consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

VVD 5 seats
Ouderenpartij 4 seats
PvdA 3 seats
CDA 2 seats
SP 1 seat
Gemeentebelangen 1 seat
GroenLinks 1 seat

[edit] References

Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

[edit] External links

North Holland Province	Image:Flag North-Holland, Netherlands.svg
Aalsmeer \| Alkmaar \| Amstelveen \| Amsterdam \| Andijk \| Anna Paulowna \| Beemster \| Bennebroek \| Bergen \| Beverwijk \| Blaricum \| Bloemendaal \| Bussum \| Castricum \| Den Helder \| Diemen \| Drechterland \| Edam-Volendam \| Enkhuizen \| Graft-De Rijp \| Haarlem \| Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude \| Haarlemmermeer \| Harenkarspel \| Heemskerk \| Heemstede \| Heerhugowaard \| Heiloo \| Hilversum \| Hoorn \| Huizen \| Landsmeer \| Langedijk \| Laren \| Medemblik \| Muiden \| Naarden \| Niedorp \| Noorder-Koggenland \| Obdam \| Oostzaan \| Opmeer \| Spanbroek \| Ouder-Amstel \| Purmerend \| Schagen \| Schermer \| Stede Broec \| Texel \| Uitgeest \| Uithoorn \| Velsen \| Waterland \| Weesp \| Wervershoof \| Wester-Koggenland \| Wieringen \| Wieringermeer \| Wijdemeren \| Wognum \| Wormerland \| Zaanstad \| Zandvoort \| Zeevang \| Zijpe
Netherlands \| Provinces \| Municipalities \| map

North Holland Province

Image:Flag North-Holland, Netherlands.svg