Beverwijk
Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beverwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbeːvərˈʋɛik] ⓘ) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south side of the canal.
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Beverwijk | |
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Coordinates: 52°29′N 4°39′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Holland |
Region | Amsterdam metropolitan area |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Martijn Smit (PvdA) |
Area | |
• Total | 20.09 km2 (7.76 sq mi) |
• Land | 18.40 km2 (7.10 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 41,863 |
• Density | 2,275/km2 (5,890/sq mi) |
Demonym | Beverwijker |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 1940–1949 |
Area code | 251 |
Website | www |
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Around 1640, a town called Beverwyck was founded in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. That town's modern name is Albany, New York.