Back حكومة أمستردام Arabic Gemeente Amsterdam CEB Άμστερνταμ (δήμος) Greek شهرداری آمستردام Persian Amsterdam (commune) French Amsterdam (gemeente) Frisian Ամստերդամ (համայնք) Armenian Gemeen Amsterdam NDS Amsterdam (gemeente) Dutch
The Government of Amsterdam consists of several territorial and functional forms of local and regional government. The principal form of government is the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The municipality's territory covers the city of Amsterdam as well as a number of small towns. The city of Amsterdam is also part of several functional forms of regional government. These include the Waterschap (water board) of Amstel, Gooi en Vecht, which is responsible for water management, and the Stadsregio (City Region) of Amsterdam, which has responsibilities in the areas of spatial planning and public transport.
The municipality of Amsterdam borders the municipalities of Diemen, De Ronde Venen, Ouder-Amstel, Amstelveen, Stichtse Vecht, Wijdemeren and Hilversum in the south, Haarlemmermeer in the west, and Zaanstad, Oostzaan, Landsmeer and Waterland in the north.
Weesp has been an urban area of the municipality of Amsterdam since 24 March 2022.[1]