Assendelft
Assendelft is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. A separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.
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Assendelft is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. A separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.
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However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of Zaanstad and pled together with Krommenie to be part of a new municipality called Krommenie-Assendelft. Zaanstad is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA). The North Sea Canal connects Assendelft with Amsterdam and Velsen, and it lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem and about 15 km south of Alkmaar.
• Name — Assendelft • Settlement Type — Town • Native Name Lang — nl • Image Skyline — Watertoren assendelft2.jpg • Image Caption — The water tower of Assendelft • Image Flag — Assendelft_dorpsvlag.svg • Image Shield — Assendelft wapen.svg • Pushpin Map — Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland • Pushpin Label Position — right • Pushpin Mapsize — 250 • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — North Holland • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Zaanstad • Elevation M — -1.0 • Area Total Km2 — 31.89 • Population Total — 24,230 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 1566 & 1567 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Area Code — 075 • Blank Name Sec1 — Transport • Blank1 Name Sec1 — Major roads • Blank1 Info Sec1 — A8 N8 / N246 N203 Assendelft is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed. However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of Zaanstad and pled together with Krommenie to be part of a new municipality called Krommenie-Assendelft. Zaanstad is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA). The North Sea Canal connects Assendelft with Amsterdam and Velsen, and it lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem and about 15 km south of Alkmaar.
History
History
Assendelft is one of the oldest settlements in North Holland, with signs of settlement dating from as early as 500BC. The earliest written form of the name appears as 'Ascmannedilf' in 1063. The name is derived from the old Germanic word for Norsemen, 'Ascomanni', 'dilf' most likely meaning 'dug by'.
Train services
Train services
The town is served by Krommenie-Assendelft railway station. From here, there are four trains an hour to Amsterdam, with a journey time of 25 minutes.
Rural culture
Rural culture
Known is the local chicken breed, called "Assendelfter". It is an ancient pencilled breed, related to the pencilled Hamburg chicken.
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