Regions in North Holland
North Holland has various regions that, for historical or other reasons, have their own identities. Some of these regions are unofficial, ill-defined and sometimes overlapping. Others are official and are part of regional groupings artificially created for various administrative purposes. These regions are not the same as the municipalities.
List of some of these unofficial and official regions in North Holland:
- Amstelland (the area around the Amstel) (prov. North Holland)
- Beemster (North Holland)
- Bollenstreek (the flower areas found in both North Holland and South Holland)
- Het Gooi (usually "Het Gooi" or "'t Gooi", North Holland)
- Groene Hart (North Holland, South Holland and Utrecht)
- Haarlemmermeer (North Holland)
- Holland (North Holland and South Holland)
- IJmond ("The Mouth of the IJ")
- Kennemerland (North Holland)
- Purmer (North Holland)
- Kop van Noord-Holland
- Noorderkwartier ("North Quarter")
- Noordvleugel ("North Wing")
- Randstad (North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland)
- Schermer (North Holland)
- De Streek (North Holland)
- Texel (North Holland)
- Utrechtse Heuvelrug (Utrecht and North Holland)
- Vechtstreek ("The Vecht Area") (Utrecht and North Holland)
- Waterland (now effectively the municipality of Waterland, North Holland)
- West-Friesland (North Holland)
- Wieringen (North Holland)
- Wieringermeer (North Holland)
- Wijdewormer (De Wormer, North Holland)
- Zaanstreek ("The Zaan Area") (North Holland)
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