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Country
  
Netherlands

Demonym(s)
  
Bloemendaler

Postcode
  
2050–2061, 2110–2121

Area
  
45.08 km²

Province
  
North Holland

Elevation
  
12 m (39 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.bloemendaal.nl

Local time
  
Sunday 5:29 AM

Area code
  
023

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 86% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Thijsse's Hof, Sterrenwacht Copernicus, Vliegerlesnl

Bloemendaal [ˈblumə(n)ˌdaːl] is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.

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Map of Bloemendaal, Netherlands

In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governance in Bloemendaal, the King's Commissioner of North Holland, Johan Remkes, threatened to disband the municipality if the problems were not fixed within a year. Bernt Schneiders, the mayor of Haarlem, was appointed as acting mayor of Bloemendaal.

Population centres

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bennebroek, Bloemendaal, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal aan Zee, Overveen, and Vogelenzang.

Local government

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which are (in 2008) divided as follows:

  • VVD - 7 seats
  • CDA - 4 seats
  • D66 - 3 seats
  • PvdA - 2 seats
  • Liberaal Bloemendaal - 2 seats
  • GroenLinks - 1 seat
  • Railway connections

    Bloemendaal has a railway station - Bloemendaal railway station. There are two other stations in the municipality of Bloemendaal - Overveen and Heemstede-Aerdenhout.

    Sports

    Bloemendaal is home to one of the country's most famous field hockey clubs, HC Bloemendaal. The men's first team competes for the Dutch Hoofdklasse (top league) title nearly every year.

    Thijsse's Hof

    In 1925 Thijsse's Hof (the Garden of Thijsse) was created. It was the first wildlife garden in the Netherlands. It was gifted to Jac. P. Thijsse at the occasion of his 60th birthday. The garden still exists today.

    References

    Bloemendaal Wikipedia