Zaanstad

Zaanstad is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of 0 in.

Population centres
The municipality of Zaanstad is a conurbation consisting of the cities, towns and villages of: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam and Zaandijk. However, being surrounded by countryside and due to its relatively protracted shape that follows the river Zaan, a rural atmosphere is always nearby.

Railway stations in Zaanstad

 * Koog aan de Zaan railway station (formerly Koog Bloemwijk)
 * Krommenie-Assendelft railway station
 * Wormerveer railway station
 * Zaandam railway station
 * Zaandam Kogerveld railway station
 * Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station (formerly Koog-Zaandijk)

Local government
The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which at the 2022 local elections divided as follows: • Partij voor Ouderen en Veiligheid - 6,

• PvdA - 5,

• VVD - 5,

• ROSA - 4,

• Democratisch Zaanstad - 4,

• GroenLinks - 3,

• D66 - 2,

• Party for Freedom - 2,

• CDA - 2,

• DENK - 2,

• PvdD - 2,

• CU - 1,

• SP - 1.

Notable tourist attractions

 * Zaans Museum
 * Zaanse Schans
 * Czar Peter House
 * Gedempte Gracht, a shopping street in Zaandam

The arts

 * Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–c. 1665), a painter of the Dutch Golden Age
 * Anton Mauve (1838–1888), realist painter, leading member of the Hague School
 * Jan Verkade (1868-1946), post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter
 * Piet Zwart (1885–1977), graphic designer, industrial designer and typographer
 * Dick Laan (1894–1973), children's writer and film pioneer
 * Aafje Heynis (1924–2015), contralto
 * Piet Kee (1927–2018), organist and composer
 * Han Bennink (born 1942), jazz drummer and percussionist
 * Kathinka Pasveer (born 1959), flautist

Public thinking & public service

 * Adriaan Pelt (1892–1981), journalist, international civil servant and diplomat
 * Johannes Kleiman (1896–1959), resident who helped hide Anne Frank and her family
 * Hanneke Ippisch (1925–2012), member of the Dutch resistance in World War II
 * Tom Viezee (born 1950), Christian minister and former politician, Mayor of Zeewolde 1999–2004
 * Emine Bozkurt (born 1967), politician

Science & business

 * Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
 * Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), physician and professor of physiology, joint winner the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins
 * Cornelis Zwikker (1900–1985), scientist, mostly in physics, chemistry and acoustics
 * E. G. van de Stadt (1910–1999), yacht designer
 * Simon de Wit (1912–1976), rower and CEO of the supermarket chain Simon de Wit
 * Gerrit Jan Heijn (1931–1987), businessman with Ahold, kidnapped and murdered
 * Floris Takens (1940–2010), mathematician

Sport

 * Jaap Boot (1903-1986), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics
 * Jaap Kraaier (1913–2004), flatwater canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
 * Nicolaas Tates (1915–1990), canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
 * Mieke Jaapies (born 1943), sprint canoer, silver medallist in the 1972 Summer Olympics
 * Cees Stam (born 1945), a former track cyclist and four-time world champion stayer
 * Toos Beumer (born 1947), swimmer, team bronze medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Johnny Rep (born 1951), former footballer
 * Annemarie Sanders (born 1958), an equestrian, silver medallist in the Team Dressage 1992 Summer Olympics
 * Luc Nijholt (born 1961), football manager and a former player
 * Erwin Koeman (born 1961), retired footballer
 * Ronald Koeman (born 1963), retired footballer and ex-manager of the Barcelona since 2020.
 * Wietse van Alten (born 1978), an archer, bronze medallist 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (born 1995), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities
Zaanstad is twinned with: