Westzaan

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Westzaan

Total population

4,621

Coordinates52.46°, 4.77°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Westzaan is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem. It is located west of Zaandam, Koog aan de Zaan and Zaandijk, southwest of Wormer, southeast of Krommenie and south and southeast of Assendelft.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ad Lagendijk

Dutch physicist

Barend Biesheuvel

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1920–2001)

Peter Pieters

Dutch racing cyclist

D

Dennis Smit

Dutch bicycle racer

Bill Spinhoven van Oosten

Dutch artist (born 1956)

Joop Doderer

Dutch actor (1921-2005)

J

Jan Bonekamp

R

Robert van Boxel

Dutch footballer

A

Aimé Ohr

Rudolph Scheffer

Dutch botanist (1844-1880)

Albert Jansz Vinckenbrinck

Dutch Golden Age sculptor (1604-1665)

Sjaak Pieters

Dutch track cyclist and artist

Peter Jan Rens

Dutch actor, television presenter, writer and presenter

M

Milan Hoek

Dutch footballer

H

Hans van den Ban

Dutch sculptor (born 1950)

Anna van Gogh-Kaulbach

Dutch writer, playwright and translator (1869-1960), editor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Holland

• Assendelft
  1.1 mi away · pop. 23,459
• Koog aan de Zaan
  1.5 mi away · pop. 11,133
• Zaandijk
  1.7 mi away · pop. 8,686
• Krommenie
  2.2 mi away · pop. 17,226
• Wormerveer
  2.2 mi away · pop. 11,803
• Wormer
  2.9 mi away · pop. 12,555
• Zaandam
  2.9 mi away · pop. 76,804
• Oostknollendam
  3.7 mi away · pop. 590
• Westknollendam
  3.7 mi away · pop. 445
• Jisp
  4.4 mi away · pop. 715
• Markenbinnen
  4.6 mi away · pop. 310
• Oostzaan
  4.7 mi away · pop. 9,730

Browse all places in North Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Westzaan

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-07-04

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-07-03

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-07-03

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-07-03

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Seen 2026-07-03

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-07-03

White Satin Moth

Leucoma salicis

Seen 2026-07-03

Large Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanus

Seen 2026-07-03

Small Magpie

Anania hortulata

Seen 2026-07-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers