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Oostzaan | |||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Holland | ||
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| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Rob Meerhof (PvdA) | ||
| Area | |||
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16.08 km2 (6.21 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi) | ||
Oostzaan (Dutch pronunciation: [oːstˈsaːn] (
listen)) is a municipality and a town in the Zaanstreek, Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality had a population of 9,108 in 2013. Oostzaan has a total area of 16.08 km2 (6.21 sq mi) of which 4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi) is water.
Oostzaan—together with Westzaan and Assendelft—are considered the "mother towns" of the Zaanstreek (the region around the River Zaan), of which they are the three oldest towns. Oostzaan also played a role in the VOC and WIC shipping and shipbuilding.
In the 17th century Oostzaan had its own pirate, named Claes Compaen. Originally sailing from the Netherlands as a legal pirate captain, in the possession of pirate letters, he soon began to raid ships for his private account, from the English Channel, to the Mediterranean Sea and the African-Atlantic coast into even the Caribbean Sea. He liquidated the booty on the coast of Ireland, later in Salé and the Barbary Coast. A street in Oostzaan is named for Claes Compaen.
The town has a Reformed church with a cruciform groundplan, the Great Church (1760), which contains two ship models that recall the days when Oostzaan was an important sea-faring community. In the Oostzijderveld area of Oostzaan stands a windmill, De Windjager (The Wind Hunter).
Hamlets[]
Oostzaan consists of several hamlets,
- Achterdichting (Get Behind The Seal),
- De Heul,
- Kerkbuurt (church neighborhood),
- Noordeinde (North end),
- Zuideinde (South end).
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
Economy[]
The poultry company Meyn Food Processing Technology is headquartered in Oostzaan.
Notable people[]
Jacob Cornelisz, self-portrait, 1533
- Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (before 1470 – 1533) a Northern Netherlandish designer of woodcuts and a painter
- Claes Gerritszoon Compaen (1587 in Oostzaan - 1660 in Oostzaan) a Dutch corsair, merchant, a privateer for the Dutch Republic and pirate
- Albert Heijn (1865 in Oostzaan – 1945) a Dutch entrepreneur who founded Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain
- Grietje de Jongh (1924 in Oostzaan – 2002) a Dutch sprinter, competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
- Robert Tijdeman (born 1943 in Oostzaan) a Dutch mathematician, specializing in number theory, wrote Tijdeman's theorem
- Trijnie Rep (born 1950 in Oostzaan) a Dutch former speed skater, who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Charles Zwolsman Sr. (1955 in Oostzaan – 2011) a Dutch drug dealer and professional racecar driver
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ "Burgemeester" (in Dutch). Gemeente Oostzaan. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140320011243/https://besluitvorming.oostzaan.nl/Organisatie/College-van-bw/Burgemeester. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten [Key figures for neighbourhoods]" (in Dutch). CBS Statline. CBS. 2 July 2013. http://statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 1511BD" (in Dutch). Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland. Het Waterschapshuis. http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand [Population growth; regions per month]" (in Dutch). CBS Statline. CBS. 24 June 2013. http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230NED&D1=17-18&D2=101-619,621,624-632&D3=l&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
External links[]
Media related to Oostzaan at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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