Assendelft
Sign in to saveAssendelft () is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed. However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of Zaanstad and pled together with Krommenie to be part of a new municipality called Krommenie-Assendelft. Zaanstad is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA).
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Place details
- Locality
- Assendelft
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 24,230
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Assendelft
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Watertoren assendelft2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The water tower of Assendelft
- Settlement.image_flag
- Assendelft_dorpsvlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Assendelft wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- North Holland
- Population
- +1946
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Watertoren assendelft2.jpg
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- P1366
- Zaanstad
- P8168
- Sanctuary Records
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Train services
- Rural culture
- References
Assendelft () is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed. However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of Zaanstad and pled together with Krommenie to be part of a new municipality called Krommenie-Assendelft. Zaanstad is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA).
The North Sea Canal connects Assendelft with Amsterdam and Velsen, and it lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem and about 15 km south of Alkmaar.