't Zand, Schagen

't Zand
Town

The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of 't Zand in the former municipality of Zijpe.
Coordinates: 52°50′14″N 4°45′17″E / 52.83722°N 4.75472°ECoordinates: 52°50′14″N 4°45′17″E / 52.83722°N 4.75472°E
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Municipality Schagen
Population (2001)[1]
  Total 2,320
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

't Zand is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen, and lies about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Den Helder.

In 2001, the town of 't Zand had 1787 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.32 square kilometres (0.12 sq mi) and contained 692 residences.[1] The wider statistical area "'t Zand" has a population of around 2320.[2]

Education

In 't Zand lies 2 primary schools and no secondary schools,1 school is catholic and the other one isn't. Zandhope (non-catholic) is a small village school, has only 4 classrooms and goes from age 4–12 years. St. Jozef (catholic) has about 20 classrooms and goes from age 4–14 years.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Zijpe .