Zaanstad

Zaanstad is a Dutch municipality in the province of , situated northwest of . Its main settlement is . It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of 156,901 in 2021.
  • Type: Locality with 140,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Saardam” and “Zaandam”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Czar Peter House and Zaans Museum.

Museum
The is a historical building in , the .

Museum
is a museum in , , located at the .

Railway station
Zaandam is the main railway station of , near , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zaandam and Zaanse Schans.

is a medium-sized town just north of the Dutch capital .

Photo: Bo Teo, CC BY 2.0.
The is an open air conservation area and…

Village
is a town in the province of , . is situated 5 km west of Zaanstad.

Zaanstad

Latitude
52.4531° or 52° 27′ 11″ north
Longitude
4.8136° or 4° 48′ 49″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL ZST
Open location code
9F46FR37+7C
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Zaanstad” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zaanstad”
  • Albanian: “Zaanstad”
  • Arabic: “زانستاد”
  • Aragonese: “Zaanstad”
  • Armenian: “Զանստադ”
  • Asturian: “Zaanstad”
  • Balinese: “Zaanstad”
  • Basque: “Zaanstad”
  • Belarusian: “Заанстад”
  • Belarusian: “Занстад”
  • Breton: “Zaanstad”
  • Bulgarian: “Занстад”
  • Catalan: “Zaanstad”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Zaanstad”
  • Chinese: “贊斯塔德”
  • Chinese: “赞斯塔德”
  • Czech: “Zaanstad”
  • Danish: “Zaanstad”
  • Dutch: “Zaanstad”
  • Esperanto: “Zaanstad”
  • Estonian: “Zaanstadi vald”
  • Finnish: “Zaanstad”
  • French: “Zaanstad”
  • German: “Zaanstad”
  • Hebrew: “זאנסטאט”
  • Hungarian: “Zaanstad”
  • Indonesian: “Zaanstad”
  • Irish: “Zaanstad”
  • Italian: “Zaanstad”
  • Japanese: “ザーンスタット”
  • Javanese: “Zaanstad”
  • Korean: “잔스타트”
  • Kurdish: “Zaanstad”
  • Ladin: “Zaanstad”
  • Limburgan: “Zaanstad”
  • Low German: “Zaanstad”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zaanstad”
  • Macedonian: “Занстад”
  • Malay: “Zaanstad”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zaanstad”
  • Moksha: “Заанстад”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zaanstad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zaanstad”
  • Norwegian: “Zaanstad”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zaanstad”
  • Persian: “زان‌استاد”
  • Persian: “زانستات”
  • Polish: “Zaanstad”
  • Portuguese: “Zaanstad”
  • Romanian: “Zaanstad”
  • Russian: “Занстад”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Zaanstad”
  • Scots: “Zaanstad”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Zaanstad”
  • Serbian: “Занстад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zaanstad”
  • Silesian: “Zaanstad”
  • Slovenian: “Zaanstad”
  • Spanish: “Zaanstad”
  • Swahili: “Zaanstad”
  • Swedish: “Zaanstad”
  • Thai: “ซานสตัด”
  • Turkish: “Zaanstad”
  • Ukrainian: “Занстад”
  • Urdu: “زانستات”
  • Venetian: “Zaanstad”
  • Vietnamese: “Zaanstad”
  • Volapük: “Zaanstad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zaanstad”
  • Welsh: “Zaanstad”
  • Western Frisian: “Saanstêd”
  • Wu Chinese: “赞斯塔德”
  • Yue Chinese: “贊斯塔德”
  • Zeeuws: “Zaanstad”
  • Zeeuws: “Zaenstad”
  • “Zaanstad”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Koog aan de Zaan and Zaansche Schans.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Zaandam Kogerveld railway station and Koog aan de Zaan railway station.

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