Heemstede
| Heemstede | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Coordinates</td><td></td> |
| Area | 9.61 km² |
| - Land | 9.45 km² |
| - Water | 0.15 km² |
| Population (2005) | 25,667 |
| - Density | 2,716/km² </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Mayor</td><td>T. van der Stroom-van Ewijk (VVD)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Website</td><td>www.heemstede.nl |
Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
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Local government
The municipal council of Heemstede consists of 21 seats, which are divided as follows:
- VVD - 6 seats
- CDA - 4 seats
- PvdA - 4 seats
- GroenLinks - 3 seats
- Heemsteeds Burger Belang HBB - 2 seats
- D66 - 1 seat
- Nieuw Heemstede - 1 seat
Railway connections
The municipality of Heemstede contains the train station of Heemstede-Aerdenhout, on the connection between Haarlem and Leiden.
Railway
Railway Leiden Centraal to Haarlem (part of line 10), with stations (municipalities in bold) and official station abbreviations:
- Leiden Centraal (ledn)
- Voorhout (vh) (mun. Teylingen)
- Hillegom (hil)
- Heemstede-Aerdenhout (mun. Bloemendaal) (had)
- Haarlem (hlm) edit
Notable people born in Heemstede
- Roepie Kruize (1925-1992) – field hockey player and coach
- Pieter Kooijmans (1933) – jurist and diplomat
- Joost Swarte (1947) – comic artist and graphical designer
- Johan Neeskens (1951) – football (soccer) player and manager
- Astrid Schulz (1964) – model and actress
- Annemieke Fokke (1967) – field hockey player
References
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
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