Assendelft
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| The water tower of Assendelft.
The water tower of Assendelft.
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| Assendelft, in the municipality of Zaanstad Assendelft, in the municipality of Zaanstad |
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| Zaanstad in the Netherlands. Zaanstad in the Netherlands. |
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| Country | Netherlands | |
| Province | Noord-Holland | |
| Municipality | Zaanstad | |
| Major roads | A8 N8 / N246 N203 | |
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Assendelft is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.[1] It is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA).[2] 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.
The statistical district "Assendelft", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 21,000.[3]
Train services
The town is served by Krommenie-Assendelft railway station. From here, there are four trains an hour to Amsterdam, with a journey time of 25 minutes.
References
- ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
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- ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 [1]. As of 1 January 2005.
External links
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Assendelft". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
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