Zaanstad (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈzaːnstɑt](listen)) is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of 155,885 in 2019.
The municipality of Zaanstad is a conurbation itself and consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk. However, being surrounded by countryside and due to its relatively protracted shape that follows the river Zaan, a rural atmosphere is always nearby.
Railway stations in Zaanstad
Koog aan de Zaan railway station (formerly Koog Bloemwijk)
Adriaan Pelt (1892–1981), journalist, international civil servant and diplomat
Johannes Kleiman (1896–1959), resident who helped hide Anne Frank and her family
Hanneke Ippisch (1925–2012), member of the Dutch resistance in World War II
Tom Viezee (born 1950), Christian minister and former politician, Mayor of Zeewolde 1999-2004
Emine Bozkurt (born 1967), politician
Science & Business
Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), physician and professor of physiology, joint winner the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins
Cornelis Zwikker (1900–1985), scientist, mostly in physics, chemistry and acoustics
E. G. van de Stadt (1910–1999), yacht designer
Simon de Wit (1912–1976), rower and CEO of the supermarket chain Simon de Wit
Gerrit Jan Heijn (1931–1987), businessman with Ahold, kidnapped and murdered
Floris Takens (1940–2010), mathematician
Willem Ouweneel (born 1944), biologist, philosopher and theologian
Sport
Jaap Boot (1903-1986), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Jaap Kraaier (1913–2004), flatwater canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Nicolaas Tates (1915–1990), canoeist, bronze medallist at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Mieke Jaapies (born 1943), sprint canoer, silver medallist in the 1972 Summer Olympics
Cees Stam (born 1945), a former track cyclist and four-time world champion stayer
Toos Beumer (born 1947), swimmer, team bronze medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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