Assendelft

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{{Short description|Village in North Holland, Netherlands}}
{{For|the Dutch sprinter|Pascal van Assendelft}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Assendelft
| settlement_type = Town
| other_name = 
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = Watertoren assendelft2.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = The water tower of Assendelft
| image_flag = Assendelft_dorpsvlag.svg
| image_shield = Assendelft wapen.svg
| nickname =
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| map_caption1 =
| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Zaanstad]]
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1566AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 May 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m = -1.0
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| area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2 = 31.89
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 May 2022|quote=two entries}}</ref>
| population_total = 24,230
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code = 1566 & 1567<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code = 075
| blank_name_sec1 = Transport
| blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads
| blank1_info_sec1 = A8 N8 / N246 N203
| coordinates = {{Coord|52|28|N|4|45|E|type:city(7840)|display=inline, title}}
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'''Assendelft''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɑsə(n)ˈdɛl(ə)ft}}) is a town in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Holland]], [[Netherlands]]. It is a part of the [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of [[Zaanstad]]. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref> However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of [[Zaanstad]] and pled together with [[Krommenie]] to be part of a new municipality called Krommenie-Assendelft.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Assendelft [ZaanWiki]|url=https://www.zaanwiki.nl/encyclopedie/doku.php?id=assendelft|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.zaanwiki.nl}}</ref> [[Zaanstad]] is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration ([[Urban agglomeration|GA]]).<ref>{{cite news|date=2014|title=Amsterdam (GA)|publisher=CBS|url=http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230ned&D1=0,17&D2=39,66,88,121&D3=%28l-4%29-l&VW=T|quote=Grootstedelijke Agglomeratie Amsterdam}}</ref>

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.

== History ==
Assendelft is one of the oldest settlements in North 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==
{{stack|[[File:AssendelfterKrielhen.jpg|thumb|Assendelfter bantam]]}}
Known is the local [[chicken]] breed, called "Assendelfter". It is an ancient pencilled breed, related to the pencilled [[Hamburg chicken]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dutch municipality Zaanstad}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Zaanstad]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]]

{{NorthHolland-geo-stub}}

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