Haarlemmermeer

Haarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer [här′lə mər mer΄]
city in NW Netherlands, on the site of a former lake: pop. 104,000

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Haar·lem·mer·meer (här'lə-mər-mârʹ)
A city of western Netherlands west-northwest of Amsterdam in an agricultural area. Population: 103,232.

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▪ The Netherlands
      gemeente (municipality), western Netherlands, occupying the reclaimed Haarlem Lake, which was drained between 1840 and 1852. There is a network of roads and ditches at right angles within the enclosing canal and dike. The population is concentrated in the villages of Hoofddorp, Nieuw-Vennep, Badhoevedorp, and Zwanenburg, which are situated along the dike and in the polder. There is a polder museum at the Cruquius Pumping Station (operational 1849–1933) near Heemstede, and Amsterdam's airport, Schiphol, is in the northeast. The polder's fertile soils support wheat, beets, potatoes, dairy and stud farming, and horticulture (flowers, bulbs, vegetables). The municipality's manufactures include aircraft, steel furniture, machinery, and lifeboats. By the early 1980s much of the polder had become urbanized. Pop. (2007 est.) 138,255.

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