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.
Trivia
- Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende started his political career as member of the Amstelveen city council.
- Amstelveen has a light rail and tram connection with Amsterdam.
- The Cobra Museum is located in the center of Amstelveen.
52°18′22″N 4°50′35″E / 52.306117, 4.842954 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 (Amsterdam Airport), 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 chosen 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.
Secondary Education
Population centres
The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Nes aan de Amstel, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (partly).
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
Twin Towns
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