Krommenie is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaanstad, and lies about 15 km northeast of Haarlem. Krommenie was a separate municipality until 1974, when the new municipality of Zaanstad was created.The statistical district Krommenie, which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 17,410.Krommenie is the first city in the world to have a solar bikepath , a path made of a transparent surface over solar cells to generate electricity fed back to the grid. The path, over 70 meters long, is to test engineering feasibility.
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