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Bloemendaal

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Coordinates: 52.40° N 4.62° E
Bloemendaal

Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	43.29 km² (16.7 sq mi)
- Land	37.93 km² (14.6 sq mi)
- Water	5.36 km² (2.1 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	16,989
- Density	448/km² (1,160.3/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.bloemendaal.nl

Bloemendaal is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

1 Population centres
2 Local government
3 Railway connections
4 Sports
5 References
6 External links

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bloemendaal, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal aan Zee, Overveen, Vogelenzang.

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

VVD - 6 seats
CDA - 3 seats
PvdA - 3 seats
Liberaal Bloemendaal - 2 seats
GroenLinks - 2 seats
D66 - 1 seat

The municipality of Bloemendaal contains three train stations: Bloemendaal, on the connection between Haarlem and Uitgeest; Overveen, on the connection between Haarlem and Zandvoort aan Zee; and Heemstede-Aerdenhout, on the connection between Haarlem and Leiden.

Railway Leiden Centraal to Haarlem (part of line 10), with stations (municipalities in bold) and official station abbreviations:

Leiden Centraal (ledn)
Voorhout (vh) (mun. Teylingen)
Hillegom (hil)
Heemstede-Aerdenhout (mun. Bloemendaal) (had)
Haarlem (hlm) edit

Railway Zandvoort aan Zee to Haarlem (line 12), with stations (municipalities in bold), and official station abbreviations:

Zandvoort aan Zee (zvt)
Overveen (ovn) (mun. Bloemendaal)
Haarlem (hlm) edit

Bloemendaal is the home town of one of the country's most famous field hockey clubs, HC Bloemendaal. The first men's team is competing for the Dutch title nearly every year.