Bloemendaal is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, in the province of North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-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:...

. According to the Dutch Central Statistical Bureau, Bloemendaal is the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.

Population centres

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bennebroek

Bennebroek

Bennebroek is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, now part of Bloemendaal municipality. Before its merger, it was the smallest municipality in the Netherlands, covering an area of only 1.75 km².-History:...

, Bloemendaal, Aerdenhout

Aerdenhout

Aerdenhout is a small town in the municipality of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands. Located in the dunes between Haarlem and the Netherlands's popular beach town Zandvoort, it ranks as the wealthiest town in the Netherlands...

, Bloemendaal aan Zee

Bloemendaal aan Zee

Bloemendaal aan Zee is a seaside resort and neighbourhood in the municipality Bloemendaal, in North Holland province, the Netherlands. It is between the beaches of IJmuiden to the north and Zandvoort to the south and surrounded by the dunes of the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park.Like Zandvoort, it...

, Overveen

Overveen

Overveen is an affluent town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal.Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes...

, and Vogelenzang

Vogelenzang

Vogelenzang is a village in the municipality of Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands. The village has a population of 2,260 . The name "Vogelenzang" is Dutch for "bird song".-Attractions:...

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Local government

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows:

• VVD
  People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
  The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
  
   - 7 seats
• CDA
  Christian Democratic Appeal
  The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
  
   - 4 seats
• D66
  Democrats 66
  Democrats 66 is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an...
  
   - 3 seats
• PvdA
  Labour Party (Netherlands)
  The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
  
   - 2 seats
• Liberaal Bloemendaal - 2 seats
• GroenLinks - 1 seat

Railway connections

Bloemendaal has a railway station - Bloemendaal railway station

Bloemendaal railway station

Bloemendaal is a railway station in Bloemendaal, near Haarlem, the Netherlands. The station opened 1 May 1900. It lies on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms...

. There are two other stations in the municipality of Bloemendaal - Overveen

Overveen railway station

Overveen is a railway station in Overveen, North Holland, the Netherlands. The station opened 3 June 1881. It lies on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has 1 platform...

 and Heemstede-Aerdenhout

Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station

Heemstede-Aerdenhout is a railway station in Heemstede and Aerdenhout, the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 October 1891 and is located on the site of the old Toll house for the Leidsevaart canal, which still flows next to the station from Haarlem to Leiden. This canal still follows the Oude...

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Sports

Bloemendaal is the home town of one of the country's most famous field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 clubs, HC Bloemendaal

HC Bloemendaal

Hockey Club Bloemendaal is a Dutch field hockey club, which was established on April 16, 1895, and is therefore one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands...

. The first men's team is competing for the Dutch title nearly every year.

External links

• A map of Bloemendaal