Zaandam

Zaandam is a city in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has about 74,000 inhabitants (2014). It makes part of the municipality of Zaanstad.

First settlements in the region were known up from the 11th century.

Czar Peter the Great visited Zaandam in 1697 and 1717.

Category:20th-century disestablishments in the Netherlands
Category:Cities in North Holland
Category:Former municipalities of North Holland
Category:Zaanstad