Assendelft

{{Short description|Village in North Holland, Netherlands}}

{{For|the Dutch sprinter|Pascal van Assendelft}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Assendelft

| settlement_type = Town

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = Watertoren assendelft2.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = The water tower of Assendelft

| image_flag = Assendelft_dorpsvlag.svg

| image_shield = Assendelft wapen.svg

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| map_caption1 =

| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Holland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Zaanstad

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1566AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 May 2022 }}

| elevation_m = -1.0

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| area_total_km2 = 31.89

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 May 2022|quote=two entries}}

| population_total = 24,230

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 1566 & 1567

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 075

| blank_name_sec1 = Transport

| blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads

| blank1_info_sec1 = A8 N8 / N246 N203

| coordinates = {{Coord|52|28|N|4|45|E|type:city(7840)|display=inline, title}}

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Assendelft ({{IPA|nl|ˌɑsə(n)ˈdɛl(ə)ft}}) is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} However, Assendelft didn't want to be part of Zaanstad and pled together with Krommenie to be part of a new municipality called Krommenie-Assendelft.{{Cite web|title=Assendelft [ZaanWiki]|url=https://www.zaanwiki.nl/encyclopedie/doku.php?id=assendelft|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.zaanwiki.nl}} Zaanstad is part of the Amsterdam Agglomeration (GA).{{cite news|date=2014|title=Amsterdam (GA)|publisher=CBS|url=http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230ned&D1=0,17&D2=39,66,88,121&D3=%28l-4%29-l&VW=T|quote=Grootstedelijke Agglomeratie Amsterdam}}

The North Sea Canal connects Assendelft with Amsterdam and Velsen, and it lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem and about 15 km south of Alkmaar.