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Zaandam

Field	Value
name	Zaandam
settlement_type	City
image_shield	Zaandam wapen.svg
image_flag	Zaandam vlag 1938-1974.svg
image_skyline	Zaanse Schans - Windmills 3.jpg
image_caption	Windmills at the Zaanse Schans north of Zaandam in 2007
pushpin_map	Netherlands North Holland
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name1	North Holland
subdivision_name2	Zaanstad
unit_pref	Metric
area_magnitude
population_total	76,804
population_as_of	2017
population_footnotes
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
website
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes

the Dutch city

tags -- Zaandam () is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan, just north of Amsterdam.

The statistical district Zaandam, which encompasses both the city and the surrounding countryside, has about 76,804 residents. Zaandam was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new municipality of Zaanstad.

History

The history of Zaandam (formerly called Saenredam) and the surrounding Zaan River region (the Zaanstreek) is intimately tied to industry. In the Dutch Golden Age, Zaandam served as a large milling centre. Thousands of windmills powered saws that processed Scandinavian wood for the shipbuilding and paper industries. A statue that commemorates this industry was commissioned from sculptor Slavomir Miletić, and the statue, De houtwerker ("The Woodworker"), was installed on 20 June 2004.

Zaandam is historically linked with the whaling industry.

In 1697, Tsar Peter I of Russia spent some time in Zaandam, where he studied shipbuilding. He stayed in a little wooden house built in 1632 but was soon forced to leave because he attracted too much attention from the local population. He moved to Amsterdam, where he studied at one of the wharves of the Dutch East India Company. His home in Zaandam was preserved and turned into a museum, the Czar Peter House. A statue honoring him was placed on the nearby Dam Square in 1911, and was declared a Rijksmonument.

In 1871, the impressionist painter Claude Monet lived in Zaandam for approximately half a year. During that time, he made 25 paintings of the area, including Houses on the Achterzaan, Bateaux en Hollande pres de Zaandam and A windmill at Zaandam.

Economy

The first European McDonald's restaurant opened in Zaandam in 1971. The Albert Heijn supermarket chain (founded in nearby Oostzaan in 1887), now grown into the Ahold Delhaize retail company, is headquartered in Zaandam. Chocolate manufacturer Verkade also hails from Zaandam. There were 6,910 business establishments in Zaandam in 2019.

Football club AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) was founded in Zaandam on May 10, 1967.

Transport

There are two railway stations in Zaandam: Zaandam railway station and Zaandam Kogerveld railway station. Plans exist by the province of North Holland to extend the Amsterdam Metro to Zaandam.

Gallery

File:Zaandam stadhuis.JPG|Zaandam City Hall File:Zaandam, kerk1 in straatzicht foto1 2011-04-17 16.02.JPG|De Oostzijderkerk File:Zaandam, sluis foto3 2011-04-17 16.05.JPG|Zaandam, sluice File:Zaandam, de Sint Bonifactuskerk foto6 2011-*04-17 16.14.JPG|De Sint Bonifatiuskerk File:Zaanstad Bahnhofsbrücke 09.jpg|Zaandam downtown File:Monet Claude A Windmill at Zaandam.jpg|A windmill near Zaandam painted in 1871 by Claude Monet File:Zaandam2.jpg|Zaandam circa 1889. Etching by James McNeill Whistler Image:Albert Heijn Headquarters by Niels Kim.jpg|Albert Heijn headquarters in Zaandam

Historical flags

File:Zaandam vlag 1667.svg|Zaandam flag (1667) File:Zaandam vlag 1938.svg|Zaandam flag (1938) File:Zaandam vlag 1938-1974.svg|Zaandam flag since 1938

Notable people

Main article: People from Zaandam

Han Bennink (born 1942), jazz musician
Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), ichthyologist
Kees Bruynzeel (1900–1980), wood merchant
Ali Bouali (born 1981), rapper
Dirk Andries Flentrop (1910—2003), organ builder
Niels Heithuis (born 1972), journalist and radio presenter
Piet Kee (born 1927–2018), organist and composer
Erwin Koeman (born 1961), football player and football coach
Ronald Koeman (born 1963), football player and football coach
Hendrik Lenstra (born 1947), mathematician
Germaine Levant (born 1978), footballer
Jos van Manen Pieters (1930-2015), writer
Anton Mauve (1838–1888), painter
Robert Molenaar (born 1969), football player
Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 1992), football player
Kathinka Pasveer (born 1959), flautist
Johnny Rep (born 1951), football player
Jan Saenredam (1565–1607), copperplate engraver
Harm van den Dorpel (born 1981), conceptual artist
Patricia van der Vliet (born 1989), model
Elisabeth van Houts (born 1952), historian
Jan Verkade (1868–1946), painter
Arie Smit (born 1916–2016), painter
Melissa Venema (born 1995), musician
Owen Wijndal (born 1999), professional footballer
Justin Kluivert (born 1999), professional footballer
Rens van der Wacht (born 1999), professional footballer

References

Municipality of Zaanstad, ''Zaanstad in cijfers'' [https://zaanstad.incijfers.nl/]. As of 1 January 2017.
{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten
Koppenrade, Liza. "11 dingen die je nog niet wist over Tsaar Peter de Grote".
(2005). "Wandelrouteboek Nederland". ANWB Media.
"Czaar Peter Monument in Zaandam". [[Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed]].
McDonald's International (Press Release), "Fascinating McFacts about McDonald's International", 1996.
(2021-04-19). "Héél véél informatie over Zaandam (update 2021!)".
(12 June 2019). "Provincie wil metro naar Zaandam, Purmerend, Hoofddorp en Schiphol".

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