Osdorp Explained

Official Name:Osdorp
Settlement Type:Neighborhood of Amsterdam
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Holland
Subdivision Type2:COROP
Subdivision Name2:Amsterdam
Subdivision Type3:Borough
Subdivision Name3:Nieuw-West
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1

Osdorp (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈɔzˌdɔr(ə)p/) is neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. A larger area was, from 1981 until 2010, a stadsdeel (borough) of Amsterdam and in 2010 was merged into the new borough of Amsterdam Nieuw-West.

Neighborhood

The core neighborhood of Osdorp is centered on Osdorpplein square and its 150-store shopping center. As the borough of Nieuw-West officially defines neighborhoods, Osdorp is actually split between the neighborhoods of "Nieuw-West Midden" and "Osdorp West".[1]

Former borough

The former borough of Osdorp contained the following neighborhoods:

The borough had (in late 2006) 45,627 residents and was 11.3km2 in size.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nieuwwest.amsterdam.nl/wonen_en/9-wijken-nieuw-west/ De negen wijken van Nieuw-West, Amsterdam Nieuw-West borough website