Purmerend ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slow. Only after 1960 did the population start to grow from around 10.000 to the current 78.307 people (1 November 2007). From the 1960s onwards, Purmerend has seen m...
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Purmerend ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slow. Only after 1960 did the population start to grow from around 10.000 to the current 78.307 people (1 November 2007). From the 1960s onwards, Purmerend has seen major expansions. These expansions added new suburbs, providing homes for people working in Amsterdam. This expansion continues to the present date. Purmerend is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe.
Purmerend was created out of the small fishing village Purmer, which lay on the land between the Purmermeer (Purmer lake), the Beemstermeer (Beemster lake) and the Wormermeer (Wormer lake). On the south bank of the river de Weere, which used to connect the former Purmer lake and Beemster lake.
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