Buiksloot

Buiksloot is a former village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is now a neighbourhood of Amsterdam-Noord.

Buiksloot
Coordinates: 52°23′59″N 4°54′59″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
MunicipalityAmsterdam

Buiksloot was a separate municipality until 1921, when it was merged with Amsterdam.[1]

Notable people from Buiksloot

  • M.H. Laddé, photographer and director of the first Dutch film

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

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