Hoofddorp

Hoofddorp is a metropolis in the province of Noord-Holland and the capital of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The region had 75,668 inhabitants in 2016. After the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer 1849 to 1852 it turned into decided in 1853 to located two villages. These two villages, Kruisdorp and Venneperdorp, have been situated in the middle of the polder. On July 11, 1855, the Haarlemmermeer became an impartial municipality with mr. M.S.P. Pabst as mayor.

At the municipal meeting of November 12, 1868, it was decided to call the then Kruisdorp Hoofddorp. A move village already existed in Zeeland. In the identical year, Venneperdorp changed into renamed Nieuw Vennep. The improvement of Hoofddorp went more smoothly than that of Nieuw Vennep. It soon became the primary village of the municipality, although Badhoevedorp additionally positioned within the Haarlemmermeer had extra inhabitants for a long term. The financial and administrative features that Hoofddorp held have been in charge for this. For instance, the Polderhuis become hooked up in Hoofddorp, where from 1912 the college of major nations met to meet. The village additionally had a favorable area, right inside the center of the Haarlemmermeer.