- Westzaan
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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Westzaan in the municipality of Zaanstad.Westzaan (coord|52|28|N|4|46|E|type:city(2130)) is a town in the Dutch province of
North Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofZaanstad , and lies about 13 km northeast ofHaarlem .Westzaan was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Zaanstad. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]
In 2001, the town of Westzaan had 2130 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.34 km², and contained 834 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.] The statistical district "Westzaan", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 4580.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005" [http://statline.cbs.nl/] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/westzaan.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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