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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 ...
Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦaːrlɛmərˈlidə ʔɛn spaːr(ə)nˈʋʌudə] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. It had a population of 5,760 in August 2017. On 1 January 2019, it merged with the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. [2]
As a second level administrative division municipalities are the third tier of public administration in the Netherlands after the central government and the provinces. [3] [4] The Netherlands is a decentralized unitary state, which means that the central government is supreme and delegates certain tasks to lower levels of government by law. [5]
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 town hall is also still used for state visits, most recently when the King and Queen paid a visit to Haarlem on 14 June 2013. They heard the local choir Zang en Vriendschap sing and received a book about all the previous royal state visits to Haarlem.
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.
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.