'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°E / 52.83722; 4.75472Coordinates: 52°50′14″N 4°45′17″E / 52.83722°N 4.75472°E / 52.83722; 4.75472
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 2 Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
2. ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Zijpe .