Hoofddorp
Sign in to saveHoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained.
Weather now
cached 22h ago18°clear sky
80% 6.7 m/s OpenWeatherMap
Place details
- Locality
- Hoofddorp
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 132,734
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hoofddorp
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Hoofddorp., het Polderhuis (RM510067) in straatzicht foto3 20115-08-28 16.33.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Polderhuis: seat of the regional water board
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1853
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Haarlemmermeer
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Haarlemmermeer
- Official website
- hoofddorpwinkelstad.nl
- Image
- Hoofddorp beursplein.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- P8168
- stretching
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Landmarks
- Historical Museum
- Transport
- Government and infrastructure
- Private transport
- Sports
- Economy
- Notable residents
- References
- Notes
- External links
Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained.
== History == After the draining of the Haarlemmermeer, two villages, Kruisdorp (Crossvillage) and Venneperdorp (Vennepervillage), were founded in the centre of the polder. In 1868, they were renamed to Hoofddorp, as there already was another Kruisdorp in Zeeland, and Nieuw-Vennep respectively. Hoofddorp became more prosperous than Nieuw-Vennep, and it rapidly became the most important place of the district.