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Aalsmeer
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| Aalsmeer | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 32.24 km² (12.4 sq mi) |
| - Land | 20.66 km² (8 sq mi) |
| - Water | 11.58 km² (4.5 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 25,041 |
| - Density | 1,212/km² (3,139.1/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website: www.aalsmeer.nl | |
Aalsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland; its name is derived from the Dutch for eel and lake[1]. Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake - the largest open water of the Randstad - and the Ring Canal[1]. The town is located 13 kilometers (8 miles) southwest of Amsterdam.
Because the largest flower auction in the world is based in Aalsmeer, along with numerous nurseries and an experimental station for floriculture, the town is sometimes referred to as the flower capital of the world; the flowers are often exported by airplane. The auction building is the largest commercial building in the world, in terms of floorspace. For the same spatial reasons the Endemol-studios are located here.
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The municipality of Aalsmeer consists of the following cities, towns, and villages: Aalsmeer, Kudelstaart.
Families of Aalsmeer include:
The Boomhouwer family.
The Kerkhoven family.
The municipal council of Aalsmeer consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows:
- ^ a b "Aalsmeer". (2006). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 13, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
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