Zaandijk
Sign in to saveZaandijk () is a town in the municipality of Zaanstad, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) northwest of Amsterdam and had a population of 8,686 in 2017. Zaandijk is one of the smallest villages in Zaanstad, having a surface area of 209 hectare.
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Place details
- Locality
- Koog aan de Zaan
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 9,040
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zaandijk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gortershoek.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- A view of Zaandijk's Gortershoek
- Settlement.image_flag
- Zaandijk_vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Zaandijk wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
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- 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
- Demonym
- Zaandijker
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Zaanstad
- Area
- +2.15
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.zaanstad.nl/wlw/mijnwijk/zaandijk
- Image
- Zaandijk.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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- History
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
Zaandijk () is a town in the municipality of Zaanstad, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) northwest of Amsterdam and had a population of 8,686 in 2017. Zaandijk is one of the smallest villages in Zaanstad, having a surface area of 209 hectare.
== History == The Pietersz family moved into "de Lage dijk" (The Lower Dike) in 1494 and became the first residents of Zaandijk. In Zaandijk, De Lagedijk is still extant. In 1570 the town consisted of 19 houses. These dwellings were burned by the Spaniards in 1572, during the Eighty Years' War. The town began to prosper and grow following the return of the populace.