What is Zaandam?
[[Image:Zaandam vlag 1938-1974.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:Zaandam wapen.svg|right|90px]] '''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. {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:20th-century disestablishments in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Cities in North Holland]] [[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]] [[Category:Zaanstad]]