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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.
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 ...
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]
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.
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.
In 1856, the first windmill in the Haarlemmermeer was built in the centre of Hoofddorp by Dirk David van Dijk. [4] It was called "De Eersteling" (The First). Due to increased building around the mill it eventually fell into disuse. In 1977 the mill was moved to another location near fort Hoofddorp.
Haarlem (Dutch: [ˈɦaːrlɛm] ⓘ; predecessor of Harlem in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.It is the capital of the province of North Holland.Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the more populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.
In 1803, the canton of Eeklo was merged with the Arrondissement of Sas-van-Gent to form the Arrondissement of Eeklo. The canton of Kruishoutem was ceded to the Arrondissement of Oudenaarde in 1818. In 1921, parts of Laarne and Kalken (in the Arrondissement of Dendermonde) were added to the arrondissement to form the new municipality of Beervelde.