Koog aan de Zaan

Koog aan de Zaan
Coat of arms
The statistical district of Koog aan de Zaan in the municipality of Zaanstad.
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Zaanstad

Coordinates: 52°28′N 4°48′E / 52.467°N 4.800°E / 52.467; 4.800

Koog aan de Zaan (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːx aːn də ˈzaːn]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 11 km northwest of Amsterdam.

Koog aan de Zaan was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was created.^[1] Koog aan de Zaan is one of the smallest submunicipalities in Zaanstad, having a surface area of 320 hectare.^[2]

Koog aan de Zaan has a population of around 11770.^[3]

A8ernA, an urban renewal project for the space under the A8 motorway as it passes through Koog aan de Zaan, was a joint winner of the 2006 European Prize for Urban Public Space.

Trains[]

There are two small stations within the borders of Koog aan de Zaan. These are:

• Koog aan de Zaan railway station, which serves Koog aan de Zaan itself.
• Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station, which mainly serves Zaandijk and the Zaanse Schans, an open-air museum nearby in Zaandijk.

Zaandam railway station is the nearest main station. For Purmerend, Hoorn and Enkhuizen use Zaandam Kogerveld railway station.

References[]

External links[]

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Koog aan de Zaan". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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