Alkmaar

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#1030

Global Rank

1.6

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

1.1%


Share

Netherlands • Europe • Language power • Time zone Europe/Amsterdam UTC+1 (CET) (observes summer time)

Population
343K
GDP
N/A
GDP per capita
$0
Land area
558 km² (215 mi²)
Density
614/km² (1,592/mi²)

Primary city Alkmaar

State / province North Holland

Language Dutch

Alkmaar metro area

52.63, 4.75
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

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Sports

3 teams

Major League Teams/Venues

Football/Soccer • Netherlands

AZ Alkmaar

Alkmaar • Level: 1

2 titles5 cupsDomestic leagues →

Other Teams

Football/Soccer Teams2 teams

Football/Soccer • Netherlands

Jong AZ Alkmaar

Alkmaar • Level: 2

W Football/Soccer • Eredivisie Vrouwen

AZ Alkmaar Women

Alkmaar

Against expectation how Alkmaar’s teams have done against the odds they went in with.
  • Dutch top-flight clubs based here have beaten their pre-match odds by 22.0 match points across 1,623 club-matches since 1960, across 3 clubs.

How this is measured →

Championship History

2 titles

Every major championship won by a team while it represented Alkmaar, across all sports, newest first. 2 in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

AZ Alkmaar
2009· 2009-05-10
AZ Alkmaar
1981· 1981-06-06

Languages of Alkmaar

Dutch first in North Holland; 1 languages hold a role.

RoleLanguage
De factoDutch
AdministrativeDutch
NationalDutch
English reach, North Holland
90%
Tier 3 country
Effective working languages
2.91
Rank 3 of 43; 3 working languages in Netherlands

North Holland on the languages board · Language power

Art of Alkmaar

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2 notable artists born here, most in the 1400s: Jan van Scorel