Amstelveen

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Coordinates: 52.30° N 4.87° E

Amstelveen
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Coordinates	52.30° N 4.87° E
Area	44.08 km²
- Land	41.78 km²
- Water	2.30 km²
Population (2005)	78,912
- Density	1,888/km²
Mayor	J.H.C. van Zanen (VVD)
Website	www.amstelveen.nl

Amstelveen (help·info) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.

Contents 1 Some facts 2 Population centres 3 Local government 4 Twin Town 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Some facts

• 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.

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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

[edit] Twin Town

• Woking in United Kingdom

[edit] References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant.

[edit] External links

• A map of the municipality Amstelveen
• http://www.amstelveenweb.com/

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