Zaandam
city in Zaanstad, Netherlands
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Summary
Zaandam is a place with town rights and privileges[1]. Zaandam ranks in the top 2% of place with town rights and privileges entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,646 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Zaanstad[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Instance of: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[5]
- Flag: flag of Zaandam[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Boulogne-Billancourt[7]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Zaandam[8]
- Postal code: 1500–1510[9]
- Commons category: Zaandam[10]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zaandam[12]
- Population: 10,733[13], 11,139[14], 11,263[15], 11,774[16], 12,045[17], 13,171[18], 15,276[19], 21,558[20], 24,579[21], 28,828[22], 33,184[23], 50,072[24], 68,695[25], 41,429[26]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Zaandam[27]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Norsk Haandlexikon[31]
- Replaced by: Zaanstad[32]
- Capital of: Zaanstad[33]
- List of monuments: Rijksmonumenten in Zaandam[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Zaandam[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Zaandam[36]
- Demonym: Zaandammer[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Zaandam[38]
- Area: 23 km²[39]
Why It Matters
Zaandam has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Zaandam is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]