Assendelft

Assendelft
Assendelft
	Town
	The water tower of Assendelft
	Coat of arms
	Assendelft, in the municipality of Zaanstad
	Zaanstad in the Netherlands.
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Zaanstad
Major roads	A8 N8 / N246 N203

Assendelft is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.[1] It is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA).[2]

The North Sea Canal connects Assendelft with Amsterdam and Velsen, and it lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem and about 15 km south of Alkmaar. The statistical district of Assendelft, which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 22,500.[3]

History

Assendelft is one of the oldest settlements in Noord-Holland, with signs of settlement dating from as early as 500BC. The earliest written form of the name appears as 'Ascmannedilf' in 1063. The name is derived from the old Germanic word for Norsemen, 'Ascomanni'., 'dilf' most likely meaning 'dug by'.

Train services

The town is served by Krommenie-Assendelft railway station. From here, there are four trains an hour to Amsterdam, with a journey time of 25 minutes.

Rural culture

Assendelfter bantam

Known is the local chicken breed, called "Assendelfter". It is an ancient pencilled breed, related to the pencilled Hamburg chicken.

References

Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
"Amsterdam (GA)". CBS. 2014. Grootstedelijke Agglomeratie Amsterdam
Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1999-04-27. Retrieved 2006-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). As of 1 January 2005.

External links

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Assendelft". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

[2] "Amsterdam (GA)". CBS. 2014. Grootstedelijke Agglomeratie Amsterdam

[CBS2-3] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1999-04-27. Retrieved 2006-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). As of 1 January 2005.