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Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.
[edit] Population centres
The municipality of Zaanstad consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk, 't Kalf, Kogerveld.
[edit] Train Stations in the Zaanstad Area
[edit] Local government
The municipal council of Zaanstad consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows:
- VVD - 5 seats (7 seats, 2002)
- PvdA - 12 seats (6 seats, 2002)
- CDA - 4 seats (5 seats, 2002
- Zaanstad Transparant - no seat (5 seats, 2002)
- Democratisch Zaanstad - 1 seat (4 seats, 2002)
- GroenLinks - 3 seats (3 seats, 2002)
- SP - 5 seats (2 seats, 2002)
- ROSA - 2 seats (2 seats, 2002)
- ZOG - 4 seats (2 seats, 2002)
- D66 - no seat (1 seat, 2002)
- ChristenUnie - 1 seat (1 seat, 2002)
- Independent - 1 seat (1 seat, 2002)
[edit] Twin Towns
[edit] References
Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.
