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The boroughs of Amsterdam (Dutch: stadsdelen; lit. "city parts") are the seven principal subdivisions of the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands. [2] Each borough is governed by a directly elected district committee (bestuurscommissie). The first Amsterdam boroughs were created in 1981, with other boroughs created in later years.
In 2007, the GVB became a private corporation under the name GVB Activa B.V., wholly owned by the City of Amsterdam; previously, the GVB was part of the City Of Amsterdam. [4] Between 2006 and 2016, Stadsregio Amsterdam was the authority responsible for all public transport in the greater Amsterdam area; it granted a concession (contract) to ...
2-digit postcode areas Belgium (defined through the first two postcode digits). Postal codes in Belgium are numeric and consist of 4 numbers. The first digit indicates the province (except for the 3xxx numbers that are shared by the eastern part of Flemish Brabant and Limburg, the 6xxx that are shared between the Hainaut and Luxembourg province, and the 1xxx that are shared by the Brussels ...
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 ...
This team was created on 1 April 1899 when the teams Athletic Club Gantois, Sport Pédestre Gantois, and Football Club Gantois merged and became a member of the UBSSA as Racing Club de Gand. In the period before 2010, this team has changed its name after some later developments into KRC-Gent-Zeehaven and it plays its matches in Oostakker .
Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities [1] (Dutch: gemeenten [ɣəˈmeːntə(n)] ⓘ; sing. gemeente [ɣəˈmeːntə] ⓘ) and three special municipalities (Dutch: bijzondere gemeenten [biˈzɔndərə-]) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean.
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 ...
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.