Zaanstad
municipality in the Netherlands
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Summary
Zaanstad is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Zaanstad draws 501 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of the netherlands category, ranking #59 of 404).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Holland[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Zaan[5]
- Capital: Zaandam[6]
- Shares border with: Graft-De Rijp[7], Oostzaan[8], Wormerland[9], Velsen[10], Uitgeest[11], Amsterdam[12], Beverwijk[13], Heemskerk[14], Landsmeer[15], Alkmaar[16], Haarlemmermeer[17]
- Flag: flag of Zaanstad[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Zwickau[19], Pančevo[20]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Zaanstad[21]
- Postal code: 1500–1509[22], 1520–1525[23], 1540–1544[24], 1550–1567[25]
- Commons category: Zaanstad[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27]
- Local dialing code: 075[28]
- Archives at: Gemeentearchief Zaanstad[29]
- Inception: January 1, 1974[30]
- Official website: https://www.zaanstad.nl/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zaanstad[32]
- Commons gallery: Zaanstad[33]
- Population: 152,377[34], 154,037[35], 153,679[36], 154,865[37], 155,885[38], 129,715[39], 130,701[40], 136,115[41], 146,940[42], 156,794[43], 156,901[44]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Zaanstad[45]
- Phone number: +31075[46]
- Replaces: Assendelft[47], Koog aan de Zaan[48], Krommenie[49], Westzaan[50], Wormerveer[51], Zaandam[52], Zaandijk[53]
- Capital of: Q111691925[54]
- Contains settlement: Wormerveer[55], Zaanse Schans[56], Assendelft[57], Middel[58], Krommeniedijk[59], Westzaner-Overtoom[60], Kerkbuurt[61], Zaandijk[62], Langeheit[63], 't Kalf[64], Zuideinde[65]
Why It Matters
Zaanstad has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] Zaanstad is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]