Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal
Municipality

Bloemendaal city hall

Flag
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Bloemendaal in a municipal map of North Holland
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°24′N 4°36′E / 52.400°N 4.600°E / 52.400; 4.600Coordinates: 52°24′N 4°36′E / 52.400°N 4.600°E / 52.400; 4.600
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
Area[2]
 • Total 45.18 km2 (17.44 sq mi)
 • Land 39.73 km2 (15.34 sq mi)
 • Water 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 12 m (39 ft)
Population (February 2017)[4]
 • Total 22,242
 • Density 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Bloemendaler
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 2050–2061, 2110–2121
Area code 023
Website www.bloemendaal.nl
Dutch Topographic map of Bloemendaal, June 2015

Bloemendaal [ˈblumə(n)ˌdaːl] is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.[5]

In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governance in Bloemendaal, the King's Commissioner of North Holland, Johan Remkes, threatened to disband the municipality if the problems were not fixed within a year. Bernt Schneiders, the mayor of Haarlem, was appointed as acting mayor of Bloemendaal.[6]

Population centres

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bennebroek, Bloemendaal, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal aan Zee, Overveen, and Vogelenzang.

Local government

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which are (in 2008) divided as follows:

Railway connections

Bloemendaal has a railway station - Bloemendaal railway station. There are two other stations in the municipality of Bloemendaal - Overveen and Heemstede-Aerdenhout.

Sports

Bloemendaal is home to one of the country's most famous field hockey clubs, HC Bloemendaal. The men's first team competes for the Dutch Hoofdklasse (top league) title nearly every year.

Thijsse's Hof

In 1925 Thijsse's Hof (the Garden of Thijsse) was created. It was the first wildlife garden in the Netherlands. It was gifted to Jac. P. Thijsse at the occasion of his 60th birthday. The garden still exists today.

Notable people

Gijs van Lennep 1971
Ankie Broekers-Knol
Mary van der Valk

References

  1. ↑ "College van B en W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Bloemendaal. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 2051ED". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Statistics Netherlands (15 November 2010). "Bloemendaal en Wassenaar zijn rijkste gemeenten". Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Noord-Holland dreigt met opheffen Bloemendaal" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
Adjacent places of Bloemendaal
 Velsen
North Sea Haarlem
Heemstede
   Bloemendaal  
Zandvoort Noordwijkerhout (ZH), Hillegom (ZH) Haarlemmermeer
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