Watergraafsmeer

Oost en Watergraafsmeer

province	North Holland
local community	Amsterdam
Area  - land  - water	11.2  km 2 10.36 km 2 0.84 km 2
Residents	60,440 (Jan. 1, 2010)
Coordinates	52 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	020
Postcodes	1097-1098
Location of the Oost en Watergraafsmeer neighborhood in Amsterdam

Watergraafsmeer (colloquially De Meer ) is a former district of the municipality of Amsterdam . In 1998 it was merged with the Oost district to form the Oost en Watergraafsmeer district. Watergraafsmeer has been part of the Amsterdam-Oost district since 2010 . Before 1921 Watergraafsmeer was an independent municipality with about 10,000 inhabitants.

The district consists largely of a polder . At the beginning of the 17th century , the polder was created by closing a lake. The name comes from "Watergraftsmeer" - water = water, graft = canal = canal, sea = lake.

It is the main area of Ajax Amsterdam , whose De Meer Stadium is named after this area.

Web links

Commons : Watergraafsmeer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2009–2012 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 26, 2018 (Dutch)