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Haarlemmermeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦaːrlɛmərˈmeːr] ⓘ) is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means 'Haarlem's lake', referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th ...
A Dutch passport (Dutch: Nederlands paspoort) is an identity document issued to citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the purpose of international travel. As the Netherlands only distinguish one category of citizen (Nederlandse (Dutch), NLD), for all countries in the Kingdom, passports are the same for all four countries.
After the draining of the Haarlemmermeer, two villages, Kruisdorp (Crossvillage) and Venneperdorp (Vennepervillage), were founded in the centre of the polder. In 1868, they were renamed to Hoofddorp, as there already was another Kruisdorp in Zeeland, and Nieuw-Vennep respectively. Hoofddorp became more prosperous than Nieuw-Vennep, and it ...
The municipality was formed on 8 September 1857, through the merger of the former municipalities of Haarlemmerliede and Spaarnwoude. [1]On 22 September 1863, Houtrijk en Polanen and Zuidschalkwijk were added to the municipality, [1] of which Zuidschalkwijk was subsequently annexed by the city of Haarlem.
The municipality of Haarlemmermeer, of which Nieuw-Vennep is a part, ranks in the top 15% of the country's richest municipalities by income level. [3] Nieuw-Vennep is located close to Amsterdam, as well as the main airport of the country which provides around 65,000 jobs. [7]
Oude Meer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland.It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 7 km east of Hoofddorp.. Oude Meer has a population of around 230.
Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem's Lake) is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 ...
Lijnden or 'de Lijnden' is named after one of the three pumping stations, who reclaimed the municipality of Haarlemmermeer between 1848 and 1852. The village was first mentioned in 1867. Lijnden refers to Frans van Lynden van Hemmen who outlined the plan for the poldering of the Haarlemmermeer lake. [3]