| 't Zand | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Zijpe - 't Zand.png |
| Map Caption1: | The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of 't Zand in the former municipality of Zijpe. --> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| 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: | Schagen |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.7 |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.66 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,455 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 1756 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0224 |
| Coordinates: | 52.8372°N 4.7547°W |
t Zand is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen and lies about 12km (07miles) south of Den Helder.
The village was first mentioned in 1770 as "eene herberg, het zand genoemt", and is named after an inn which was colloquially called Zand (sand), but whose official name was 't Wapen van Alkmaar.[3] 't Zand developed in the northern part of the Zijpe- and Hazepolder which were poldered between 1596 and 1597. The construction of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal between 1821 and 1824, resulted in a modest growth.[4]
't Zand developed as a Catholic settlement, because clandestine churches were tolerated in the area.[5] The Catholic O.L. Vrouwe Visitatie Church was built in 1863 and is a modest design.[4] The church was deemed unstable in 1920, and large buttresses have been built to strengthen the construction.[5]
In 't Zand there are two primary schools; there are no secondary schools. Zandhope is a small village school with four classrooms catering for ages 4 to 12. St. Jozef (a Catholic school) has about 20 classrooms and caters for ages 4 to 14 years.
't Zand is the site of one of the five operational vlotbruggen. The current was constructed in 1949 on the Noordhollandsche Kanaal.[5]