Badhoevedorp is a town in the Western Netherlands, located in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. It has a population of around 14.455.
Badhoevedorp | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view | |
  Badhoevedorp Location in the Netherlands  Badhoevedorp Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 52°20′N 4°47′E / 52.333°N 4.783°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Municipality | Haarlemmermeer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −3.3 m (−10.8 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 12.650 |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1171[1] |
| Dialing code | 020 |
The Rijksweg 9 passes near the town. From 8 August 1967, the motorway passed through the town. On 10 April 2017 was diverted, with the original section being closed and demolished to make place for new development in the area.
Economy edit
MGA Entertainment's Benelux division has its headquarters in Badhoevedorp.[3] Sony Corporation's Benelux and European divisions had their headquarters in Badhoevedorp until its European division was split between two new headquarters in Berlin (Sony Center Potsdamer Platz) and London in the early-2000s, while its Benelux division moved its headquarters to Hoofddorp in 2016. The former Sony Badhoevedorp building was converted into a hotel in 2019.[4]
Sports edit
The town's amateur sports club, SC Badhoevedorp, has futsal, baseball and softball division's.
Notable people from Badhoevedorp edit
Notable residents former Dutch national team footballers Marco van Basten, Jack van Gelder, Tonny Eyk and Toon van Driel.
- Jan Buis (1933), Dutch road cyclist
- Rick van der Linden (1946), Dutch composer and keyboardist, member of Ekseption, Trace, as well as solo
- George Boeree (1952), psychologist and creator of Lingua Franca Nova
- Sven Botman (2000), footballer for Premier League Club Newcastle United
References edit
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 1171AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Contact Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine." MGA Entertainment. Retrieved on December 26, 2009.
- ^ "Europees hoofdkantoor Sony terug naar Nederland". 21 January 2019.
