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'' is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is also the site of the country's most important automobile racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort.
There is a nudist beach: from the center 2 km to the south, ca. 6 cafés/restaurants; it extends several kilometers further south.

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Population centres

Transportation

Local government

Born in Zandvoort

Famous Visitors / Residents of Zandvoort

References

External links

Population centres

The municipality of Zandvoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bentveld, Zandvoort.

Transportation

Railway station: Zandvoort (the closest Dutch train station to the beach).

Local government

The municipal council of Zandvoort consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

★ VVD 5 seats

★ Ouderenpartij 4 seats

★ PvdA 3 seats

★ CDA 2 seats

★ SP 1 seat

★ Gemeentebelangen 1 seat

★ GroenLinks 1 seat

Born in Zandvoort

★ Piet Keur (1960), Dutch football (soccer) player

★ Jan Lammers (1956), former Dutch formula one driver

Famous Visitors / Residents of Zandvoort

★ William Merritt Chase 1884-1885. American Impressionist Painter (1849-1916) Painted one of his masterpieces here entitled "Sunlight and Shadow" which hangs in the Joselyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]

★ On 7th August 2007, a 2.5m (8ft) tall Lego Minifigure was found in the sea at Zandvoort. It was fished out and placed on the beach. It is wearing a blue shirt with the slogan "No Real Than You Are" and red trousers. Its origins are unknown.^[1]

References

★ Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
1. Giant Lego Man Found in Dutch Sea

External links

★ History of Zandvoort

★ Zandvoort 1940-2005

★ Municipality