Sassenheim
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Place details
- Locality
- Sassenheim
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 15,510
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sassenheim
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sassenheim_hoofdstraat_nr_230.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Old town hall
- Settlement.image_map
- Locatie Sassenheim 2005.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Teylingen
- Settlement.population_total
- 15.755
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.image_flag
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Official name
- Sassenheim
- Demonym
- Sassenheimer
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- +1092
- Area
- +662
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Sassenheim Sunbeam.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Gallery
- Notable people from Sassenheim
- References
- External links
Sassenheim () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
The former municipality covered an area of 6.62 km2 (of which 0.23 km2 water) and had a population of 14,906 in 2005. Since 1 January 2006, it is part of the Teylingen municipality. In 2020, the population reached 15,755. The name Sassenheim consists of two parts; the first (Sassen) means Saxons, and the second portion (heim) is Old Frankish for "home".