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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.
[edit] 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.
- The 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, 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.
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[edit] 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).
[edit] 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
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