Amstelveen

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Amstelveen
Coordinates: 52.30° N 4.87° E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	44.05 km²  (17 sq mi)
- Land	41.56 km² (16 sq mi)
- Water	2.49 km² (1 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	78,994
- Density	1,901/km² (4,923.6/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called Nieuwer-Amstel.

Contents 1 Some facts 2 Secondary Education 3 Population centres 4 Local government 5 Twin Towns 6 References 7 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.
• 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 chosed 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.

[edit] 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.

[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 Towns

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

[edit] References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant.

[edit] External links

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