Assendelft is a town in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad

Zaanstad

Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.-Population centres:...

, and lies about 13 km northeast of Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

. Assendelft was a separate municipality until 1974, when the municipality of Zaanstad was formed.

The statistical district "Assendelft", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 21,000.

Train services

The town is served by Krommenie-Assendelft railway station

Krommenie-Assendelft railway station

Krommenie-Assendelft is a railway station in Krommenie and also for Assendelft in the Netherlands. The station lies on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway, and was opened on 1 November 1869. The station had a goods yard, but no longer does. The station had remained unchanged since 1975 until 2006. The...

. From here, there are four trains an hour to Amsterdam, with a journey time of 25 minutes.