Amstelveen

Amstelveen () is a municipality and city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 2024. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

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Amstelveen is a municipality and city in the North Holland province of the Netherlands with nearly 96,000 residents as of 2024. It serves as a suburban community within the greater Amsterdam metropolitan area.

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Settlement.name: Amstelveen
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Amstelveen Laan van Deshima.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Apartment buildings in Amstelveen
Settlement.image_flag: Amstelveen flag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Amstelveen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0362 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Amstelveen in a municipal map of North Holland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Amsterdam metropolitan area
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council

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Amstelveen () is a municipality and city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 2024. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages of Bovenkerk and Nes aan de Amstel. In addition, as well as Downtown Amstelveen (Dutch: Amstelveen stadshart), it contains the following neighbourhoods: Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen, Middenhoven, Randwijk, Elsrijk and Keizer Karelpark. The name comes from the Amstel, a local river (as does the name Amsterdam) and , meaning fen, peat, or moor. Amstelveen houses the international headquarters of Dutch national airline KLM (although it is slated to leave for Schiphol in the future, plans to move have been delayed due to covid and high costs) and KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms. The Cobra Museum is also located in Amstelveen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amstelveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.