Amstelveen
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°′N 4°′E / 52.3, 4.87
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
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- Land	km² ( sq mi)
- Water	km² ( sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
- Municipality
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	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET ([[UTC+1]])
- Summer (DST)	CEST ([[UTC+2]])
Website: www.amstelveen.nl

 Amstelveen? is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called Nieuwer-Amstel.

Trivia

• Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende started his political career as member of the Amstelveen city council.
• Amstelveen has a light rail connection with Amsterdam.
• The COBRA Museum is located in Amstelveen.
• The headquarters of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is located in Amstelveen
• there is a large group of English speaking ex-pats living in Amstelveen.
• The International School Amsterdam is located in Amstelveen.
• as a result of the vicinity of Schiphol, there are lots of Japanese companies in Amstelveen. This one of the reasons the Nihon Ki-in opened its European Go and Cultural Centre in Amstelveen.
• Actress, Famke Janssen was born here. Notable for her roles in the James Bond movie, Goldeneye and the X-Men Movie Series.
• The Thijssepark or in full the Dr Jac. P. Thijssepark was the first heempark in The Netherlands. Designed by landscape architect C.P.Broerse (1902-1995) following the ideas of the great Dutch naturalist and conservationist J.P. Thijsse, it was developed between 1940 and 1972 and is 5 hectares in area. It is just south of the Amsterdamse Bos and is accessible from Amsterdamse Weg. It is one of a network of sixten heemparks or heemgroen in Amstelveen
• The city was chosen as an unlikely host of a match in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, for which the Netherlands had not even qualified. South Africa played Kenya in the match.

Secondary Education

• The Hermann Wesselink College: offers Bilingual education, VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum), HAVO and VMBO-T.
• The Keizer Karel College: offers VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum) and HAVO.
• The Amstelveen College: offers VWO (Gymnasium and Atheneum), HAVO and VMBO-T.
• The Panta Rhei: offers VMBO and LWOO.

Population centres

The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Nes aan de Amstel, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (partly).

Local government

The municipal council of Amstelveen consists of 35 seats, which are divided as follows:

• VVD - 9 seats
• PvdA - 8 seats
• GroenLinks - 5 seats
• Burger Belangen - 5 seats
• CDA - 4 seats
• D66 - 2 seats
• Christen Unie - 1 seat
• OCA/VSP - 1 seat

Twin Towns

• Woking in United Kingdom
• Villa El Salvador in Peru
• Tempelhof in Germany
• Óbuda-Békásmegyer in Hungary

References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant.

External links

• A map of the municipality Amstelveen
• http://www.amstelveenweb.com/
• Official website Amstelveen
• Part of Amstelveen in the near future

Municipalities of North Holland
Aalsmeer · Alkmaar · Amstelveen · Amsterdam · Andijk · Anna Paulowna · Beemster · Bennebroek · Bergen · Beverwijk · Blaricum · Bloemendaal · Bussum · Castricum · Den Helder · Diemen · Drechterland · Edam-Volendam · Enkhuizen · Graft-De Rijp · Haarlem · Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude · Haarlemmermeer · Harenkarspel · Heemskerk · Heemstede · Heerhugowaard · Heiloo · Hilversum · Hoorn · Huizen · Koggenland · Landsmeer · Langedijk · Laren · Medemblik · Muiden · Naarden · Niedorp · Oostzaan · Opmeer · Spanbroek · Ouder-Amstel · Purmerend · Schagen · Schermer · Stede Broec · Texel · Uitgeest · Uithoorn · Velsen · Waterland · Weesp · Wervershoof · Wieringen · Wieringermeer · Wijdemeren · Wormerland · Zaanstad · Zandvoort · Zeevang · Zijpe
See also: Netherlands · Provinces · Municipalities

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