Velsen
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| Aerial view of Velsen
Aerial view of Velsen
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| Location in North Holland Location in North Holland |
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Holland | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Amy Koopmanschap (GreenLeft) | ||
| Area[2] | |||
| • Total | 63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 44.78 km2 (17.29 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 18.27 km2 (7.05 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 6 m (20 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
| • Total | 67,294 | ||
| • Density | 1,503/km2 (3,890/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Velsenaar | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 1950–1951, 1970–1992, 2070–2082 | ||
| Area code | 023, 0251, 0255 | ||
| Website | www |
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Velsen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛlzə(n)] (
listen)) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal.
On the north side of the North Sea Canal, in IJmuiden, there is a major steel plant, Tata Steel IJmuiden, formerly known as Koninklijke Hoogovens. The headquarters of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij is located in IJmuiden.
The Kennemerstrand beach on the south side of the canal is at the end of the Kennemerboulevard, which runs south of the Seaport Marina.
To the south is the beach of Bloemendaal aan Zee. In between is a nude beach.
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Population centres
The municipality of Velsen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
- on the north of the North Sea Canal:
- Velsen-Noord, and a part of IJmuiden (Corus),
- on the south of the North Sea Canal:
- Velsen-Zuid, Driehuis, IJmuiden, Santpoort-Noord, Santpoort-Zuid and Velserbroek, and the parts Oosterbroek and Buitenhuizen of the recreation area Spaarnwoude.
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Velsen, June 2015
Transport
In Velsen, there are the following connections across the North Sea Canal:
- A railway tunnel between the railway stations of Driehuis and Beverwijk.
- Road tunnels, from north to south:
- Wijker Tunnel
- Velser Tunnel next to the railway tunnel.
- A ferry [5]
- A road across the lock complex
- Railway stations: Driehuis, Santpoort Noord, Santpoort Zuid
Also there is the Fast Flying Ferry to Amsterdam. [6] There used to be a railway link between IJmuiden and Amsterdam, the IJmondlijn until 1999, when it was closed.
Local government
The municipal council of Velsen consists of 33 seats, which are divided now (2010) as follows:
- PvdA - 5 seats
- VVD - 5 seats
- VL - 5 seats
- D66V - 5 seats
- LGV - 4 seats
- CDA - 3 seats
- GL - 2 seats
- SP - 2 seats
- CU - 1 seat
- independent member - 1 seat
History
The ruins of a Roman naval base at Velsen are believed to be ancient Flevum, which is listed as Phleoum, Romanized to Phleum, in Ptolemy (2.10).
Twin towns
Velsen is twinned with the port city of Galle in southern Sri Lanka and city of Bergisch Gladbach in the west of Germany.
References
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| Bloemendaal, Haarlem | Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude |
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