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In July 2010, Eberhard van der Laan (Labour Party) was appointed mayor of Amsterdam by the national government for a six-year term after being nominated by the Amsterdam municipal council. [4] After the 2014 municipal council elections , a governing majority of D66 , VVD and SP was formed - the first coalition without the Labour Party since ...
In 1943, Gemeentetram merged with Gemeenteveren Amsterdam (established in 1897), the municipal ferry company, to form Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf [note 1] Amsterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣəˈmeːntə vɛrˈvuːrbədrɛif ˌɑmstərˈdɑm]; lit. ' Amsterdam Municipality Transportation Company '). In 1977, the first metro line was introduced. [2]
The first Amsterdam boroughs were created in 1981, with other boroughs created in later years. The last area to be granted the status of borough was Amsterdam-Centrum (2002). The existing system of seven boroughs, covering most parts of Amsterdam, is the result of a major borough reform in 2010.
Length: 30.9 m (101 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Width: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Weight (fully loaded):48.0 t (105,800 lb) Maximum speed: 70 km/h (43 mph) Power: 6 x 70 kW DC power supply: 750 volts 1997–present Series M5 Full metro units for Routes 50, 52, 53 and 54 Built by Alstom Konstal (28 units total) Cars per unit: 6
The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam as well as 36 further municipalities within the two provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, [5] with a ...
These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of 7.01 km 2 (2.71 sq mi) and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of 522.7 km 2 (201.8 sq mi). Schiermonnikoog is both the least populated, with 972 people, and the least densely populated municipality at 23/km 2 (60/sq mi).
municipality (gemeente) Government of Amsterdam; Government of Rotterdam; a province or special municipality which doesn't fall under any province but directly under the central government. 345 It is the lowest administrative unit of the country that governs a specific area, such as a town or city. Municipalities fall under the Dutch ...
The Amsterdam City Archives (Dutch: Stadsarchief Amsterdam) preserves documents pertaining to the history of Amsterdam and provides information about the city. With archives covering a shelf-length of about 50 kilometres, [ 2 ] the Amsterdam City Archives is the largest municipal archive in the world.