Amstelveen

Amstelveen
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Amstelveen

fountain at Stadshart, a shopping mall at the center of Amstelveen

Flag

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 52°18′N 4°52′E / 52.3, 4.87

Country

Netherlands

Province

North Holland

Area (2006)

- Total

44.05 km² (17 sq mi)

- Land

41.56 km² (16 sq mi)

- Water

2.49 km² (1 sq mi)

Population (1 January 2007)

- Total

78,994

- Density

1,901/km² (4,923.6/sq mi)

Source: CBS, Statline.

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Website: www.amstelveen.nl

Amstelveen (help·info) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called Nieuwer-Amstel.

1 Trivia
2 Secondary Education
3 Population centres
4 Local government
5 Twin Towns
6 References
7 External links

Trivia

Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende started his political career as member of the Amstelveen city council.
Amstelveen has a light rail and tram connection with Amsterdam.
The Cobra Museum is located in the center of Amstelveen.

52°18′22″N 4°50′35″E / 52.306117, 4.842954 headquarters of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is located in Amstelveen.

There is a large group of English speaking ex-pats living in Amstelveen.
The International School Amsterdam is located in Amstelveen.
As a result of the vicinity of Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport), there are lots of Japanese companies in Amstelveen. This one of the reasons the Nihon Ki-in opened its European Go and Cultural Centre in Amstelveen.
Actress Famke Janssen was born here. Notable for her roles in the James Bond movie, Goldeneye and the X-Men Movie Series.
The Thijssepark or in full the Dr Jac. P. Thijssepark was the first heempark in The Netherlands. Designed by landscape architect C.P.Broerse (1902-1995) following the ideas of the great Dutch naturalist and conservationist J.P. Thijsse, it was developed between 1940 and 1972 and is 5 hectares in area. It is just south of the Amsterdamse Bos and is accessible from Amsterdamse Weg. It is one of a network of sixten heemparks or heemgroen in Amstelveen.
The city was chosen as an unlikely host of a match in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, for which the Netherlands had not even qualified. South Africa played Kenya in the match.

Secondary Education

The Hermann Wesselink College: offers Bilingual education, VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum), HAVO and VMBO-T.
The Keizer Karel College: offers VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum) and HAVO.
The Amstelveen College: offers VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum), HAVO and VMBO-T.
The Panta Rhei: offers VMBO and LWOO.

Population centres

The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Nes aan de Amstel, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (partly).

Local government

The municipal council of Amstelveen consists of 35 seats, which are divided as follows:

VVD - 9 seats
PvdA - 8 seats
GroenLinks - 5 seats
Burger Belangen - 5 seats
CDA - 4 seats
D66 - 2 seats
Christen Unie - 1 seat
OCA/VSP - 1 seat

Twin Towns

References

Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant.

External links

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