Oostzaan
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coat of arms |
province | North Holland |
mayor | Rob Meerhof ( PvdA ) |
Seat of the municipality | Oostzaan |
Area - land - water |
16.08 km 2 11.53 km 2 4.55 km 2 |
CBS code | 0431 |
Residents | 9,758 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 607 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 52 ° 27 ′ N , 4 ° 52 ′ E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 075 |
Postcodes | 1511 |
Website | Homepage of Oostzaan |
Oostzaan ( municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland , between Amsterdam and Zaandam . The community has 9,758 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) with an area of 16.08 km², of which 4.55 km² is water. This corresponds to a population density of 604 inhabitants per km².
) is a village and aThe municipality of Oostzaan includes the village of Oostzaan and the hamlets of Achterdichting, De Haal, De Heul and Noordeinde.
The composer Jan van Dijk was born in Oostzaan in 1918 .
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Gains and losses
The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
Political party | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
VVD | 3 | 4th | 4th | 5 |
GroenLinks | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th |
CDA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
D66 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
PvdA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Community concerns | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
Luijendijk | 0 | - | - | - |
total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Claes Compaen (1587-1660), privateer
- Charles Zwolsman senior (1955–2011), drug dealer and racing car driver
Web links
Commons : Oostzaan - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on May 17, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on May 17, 2018 (Dutch)