Oostzaan
Oostzaan | |
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Municipality | |
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Flag of Oostzaan Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
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| Area (2006) | |
• Total | 16.13 km2 (6.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 11.49 km2 (4.44 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4.64 km2 (1.79 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
• Total | 9,243 |
| • Density | 804/km2 (2,080/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www.oostzaan.nl |
Oostzaan [oː.ˈsaːn] ⓘ is a municipality and a town in the Zaanstreek, Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town has a population of 9.104 inhabitats in December 2010. Oostzaan has got 11.49 km² land and 4.64 km² water.
Oostzaan—together with Westzaan and Assendelft—are part of the Zaanstreek: the region around the River Zaan). This means that they are the three oldest towns around the Zaan. Oostzaan also plays a role in the VOC and WIC shipping and shipbuilding. Oostzaan had his own pirate called Claes Compaen. He sailed away from the Netherlands as a legal pirate captain, in the possession of pirate letters, but soon he began to ship their own account to conquer the English Channel, the Mediterranean, the African-Atlantic coast into the Caribbean to. The booty he was liquidated on the coast of Ireland, later in Sale and the Barbary Coast. There are a pair of streets called "Claes Compaen" in Oostzaan too.
The village has a reformed Oostzaan cruciform (1760), Great Church, which includes two ship models that recall the days when Oostzaan community was a key shipping. In the eastern stands the windmill of Oostzaan, Zijderveld De Windjager (The Wind Hunter).
Hamlets
Oostzaan consists of several hamlets,
- Achterdichting (Get Behind The Seal),
- De Heul,
- Kerkbuurt (churchneighborhood),
- Noordeinde (northend),
- Zuideinde (Southend).
Kerkbuurt and the northern part of Zuideinde are the center of Oostzaan.
Local government
The municipal council of Oostzaan consists of 13 seats, which are divided as follows:
- Gemeente Belangen - 3 seats
- GroenLinks - 3 seats
- VVD - 3 seats
- CDA - 1 seat
- D66 - 1 seat
- Partij Luijendijk - 1 seat
- PvdA - 1 seat
References
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
External links
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