is an
urban villageAn urban village is an urban planning and urban design concept. It refers to an urban form typically characterized by:* Medium density development* Mixed use zoning* The provision of good public transit...
municipalityA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
in the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
, in the province of
North HollandNorth Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
. It is part of the
metropolitan areaA metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence...
of
AmsterdamAmsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country...
. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk,
Nes aan de AmstelNes aan de Amstel, is a small village which is part of the municipality of Amstelveen in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. The village, which as the name indicates is located on the River Amstel, and is situated on the edge of the Rond Hoep polder. It was established in the 16th century...
,
Ouderkerk aan de AmstelOuderkerk aan de Amstel is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is largely a part of the municipality of Ouder-Amstel, and lies about 9 km south of Amsterdam. A small part of the town lies in the municipality of Amstelveen....
(partly). The name Amstelveen comes from 'Amstel', a local river, and 'veen', meaning peat or moor.
KLM has its headquarters in Amstelveen., as are international headquarters of the
Big Four auditorsThe Big Four are the four largest international accountancy and professional services firms, which handle the vast majority of audits for publicly traded companies as well as many private companies, creating an oligopoly over the auditing industry...
,
KPMGKPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers , Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Ernst & Young . Its global headquarters are located in Amstelveen, Netherlands.KPMG employs over 136,500 people in a global network...
.
During the French occupation between 1810 and 1814, it was the capital of a canton in the French department Zuiderzee and until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called
Nieuwer-Amstel.
is an
urban villageAn urban village is an urban planning and urban design concept. It refers to an urban form typically characterized by:* Medium density development* Mixed use zoning* The provision of good public transit...
municipalityA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
in the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
, in the province of
North HollandNorth Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
. It is part of the
metropolitan areaA metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence...
of
AmsterdamAmsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country...
. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk,
Nes aan de AmstelNes aan de Amstel, is a small village which is part of the municipality of Amstelveen in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. The village, which as the name indicates is located on the River Amstel, and is situated on the edge of the Rond Hoep polder. It was established in the 16th century...
,
Ouderkerk aan de AmstelOuderkerk aan de Amstel is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is largely a part of the municipality of Ouder-Amstel, and lies about 9 km south of Amsterdam. A small part of the town lies in the municipality of Amstelveen....
(partly). The name Amstelveen comes from 'Amstel', a local river, and 'veen', meaning peat or moor.
KLM has its headquarters in Amstelveen., as are international headquarters of the
Big Four auditorsThe Big Four are the four largest international accountancy and professional services firms, which handle the vast majority of audits for publicly traded companies as well as many private companies, creating an oligopoly over the auditing industry...
,
KPMGKPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers , Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Ernst & Young . Its global headquarters are located in Amstelveen, Netherlands.KPMG employs over 136,500 people in a global network...
.
History
During the French occupation between 1810 and 1814, it was the capital of a canton in the French department Zuiderzee and until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called
Nieuwer-Amstel. It is 'technically a large
dorp (village), due to the fact that it is not and was not walled. The symbol adopted for Amselveen was based on the Amsterdam symbol of three crosses, with one additional cross for distinction. The Thijssepark (in full the Dr Jac. P. Thijssepark), was the first heempark in the Netherlands and is one of sixteen heemparks or heemgroen in Amstelveen. Designed by landscape architect C.P.Broerse; following the ideas of the great Dutch naturalist and conservationist Dr.Jac. P. Thijsse, it was developed between 1940 and 1972 and covers an area of 5 hectares, and is situated just south of the
Amsterdamse BosThe Amsterdamse Bos is an English park or landscape park in the municipalities Aalsmeer, Amstelveen, and Amsterdam. And although most of the park is located in Amstelveen, the owner of the park is the City of Amsterdam. Annually, almost 4.5 million people visit the park, that has a size of 1,000...
. Amstelveen was chosen as an unlikely host of a match in the
1999 Cricket World CupThe 1999 Cricket World Cup, the seventh edition of the tournament, was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. The World Cup was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets at Lord's Cricket Ground in London...
, for which the
NetherlandsThe Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New...
had not qualified.
South AfricaThe South Africa national cricket team, also known as The Proteas are a national cricket team representing South Africa. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa....
played
KenyaThe Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup...
in the match. Dutch prime minister
Jan Peter BalkenendeJan Peter Balkenende is a Dutch Christian Democratic politician who has been the Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 22 July 2002, currently leading his Fourth cabinet, which is scheduled to be in office until 2011.-Early years:...
started his political career as member of the council for Amstelveen. The
Nihon Ki-inThe Nihon Ki-in , also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go association in Japan is Kansai Ki-in.Nihon Ki-in was established...
established its European
GoGo is a strategic board game for two players. It is also known as igo , weiqi or wei ch'i or baduk...
and Cultural Centre in Amstelveen. As a result of the vicinity of Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport), and it's links to Amsterdam, Amstelveen has grown and become a cosmopolitan mix of many cultures dwelling in Amstelveen.
Local government
The municipal council of Amstelveen consists of 35 seats, which are divided as follows:
- VVD
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a Dutch liberal political party. The VVD is the most vocal supporter of private enterprise in the Netherlands although supportive of the welfare state and is often perceived as a more economically liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal D66...
- 9 seats
- PvdA
The Dutch Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the Dutch general election, 2003, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands...
- 8 seats
- GroenLinks - 5 seats
- Burger Belangen - 5 seats
- CDA
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a center-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. The party is currently the biggest coalition partner in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.-History before 1977:...
- 4 seats
- D66
Democrats 66 is a Dutch progressive, social-liberal and radical democratic political party.- Overview :...
- 2 seats
- Christen Unie - 1 seat
- OCA/VSP - 1 seat
Twined with
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in
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in
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in
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Óbuda-Békásmegyer in
HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
Transportation
Amstelveen has a
metroLight rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
and
tramA tram, tramcar, trolley, trolleycar, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets...
connection with Amsterdam. The Metro is a larger version of the tram in which some bicycles may be taken. It has a good 'point to point' bus connection to other villages, Schipol, Amsterdam as well as a local network.
Tourism and attractions
- Cobra Museum
The Cobra Museum is an art museum in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The collection of the museum consists of key works by artists of the Vrij Beelden , Cobra , and Creatie movements.-External links:*...
is located in the center (Stadshart) of Amstelveen.
- Museum Jan van der Togt, housing a glass collection
- Birthplace of the artist Jan Cornelis Hofman.
- A statue of Rembrandt is situated by the side of the river Amstel, south east from the Amstelpark, where a windmill open to visitors is also situated
- An Electrische Museumtramlijn still connects to Amsterdam in the summer, passing by the Amsterdamse Bos and Olympic rowing lake
- Further places of interest: Amsterdam,
Secondary Education
- The Hermann Wesselink College
The Hermann Wesselink College is a secondary school in The Netherlands in Amstelveen.The school is named after "Hermann Wesselink", a school principle who died at an early age, soon after retirement. The motto of the school is; "A school were everybody is equal but nobody is the same". In 2009 the...
: offers Bilingual educationBilingual education involves teaching most subjects in school through two different languages - in the United States, instruction occurs in English and languages such as Spanish or Chinese, with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model. The following are several...
, VWOVoorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs or pre-university secondary education is the highest variant in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. After leaving elementary school students are enrolled in different types of secondary schools, according to their academic ability...
(GymnasiumA gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools...
and Atheneum), HAVOThe havo or hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs is a stream in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. It has five grades and is generally attended from age twelve to seventeen...
and VMBOThe vmbo education lasts four years, from the age of twelve to sixteen. It combines vocational training with theoretical education in languages, mathematics, history, arts and sciences. Sixty percent of students nationally are enrolled in vmbo...
-T.
- The Keizer Karel College: offers VWO
Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs or pre-university secondary education is the highest variant in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. After leaving elementary school students are enrolled in different types of secondary schools, according to their academic ability...
(GymnasiumA gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools...
and Atheneum) and HAVOThe havo or hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs is a stream in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. It has five grades and is generally attended from age twelve to seventeen...
.
- The Amstelveen College: offers VWO
Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs or pre-university secondary education is the highest variant in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. After leaving elementary school students are enrolled in different types of secondary schools, according to their academic ability...
(GymnasiumA gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools...
and Atheneum), HAVOThe havo or hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs is a stream in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. It has five grades and is generally attended from age twelve to seventeen...
and VMBOThe vmbo education lasts four years, from the age of twelve to sixteen. It combines vocational training with theoretical education in languages, mathematics, history, arts and sciences. Sixty percent of students nationally are enrolled in vmbo...
-T.
- The Panta Rhei: offers VMBO
The vmbo education lasts four years, from the age of twelve to sixteen. It combines vocational training with theoretical education in languages, mathematics, history, arts and sciences. Sixty percent of students nationally are enrolled in vmbo...
and LWOO.
Other Education
- The International School Amsterdam
The International School of Amsterdam is a private international school located in the town of Amstelveen. It hosts students from over 60 countries, ages 2-18, from pre-kindergarten, to 12th grade...
is located in Amstelveen.
- The International School
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