Callantsoog

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The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Callantsoog in the municipality of Zijpe.

Callantsoog (West Frisian: Kallantsouge) (52°50′N, 4°42′E) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zijpe, and lies about 13 km south of Den Helder. Until 1990, Callantsoog was a municipality; its area is now part of the municipalities of Zijpe, Den Helder, and Anna Paulowna.

Callantsoog has the oldest official nude beach of the country, dating from 1973. It is a sandy beach 1.5 km to the south.

Callantsoog was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Zijpe.[1]

In 2001, the town of Callantsoog had 1956 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.58 km², and contained 899 residences.[2] The wider statistical area "Callantsoog" has a population of around 2580.[3] This includes also the village of Groote Keeten and the hamlet of Abbestede north of Callantsoog itself.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [2]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  3. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Zijpe [3].

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Populated places in the municipality of Zijpe
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Abbestede - Burgervlotbrug - 't Buurtje - Groote Keeten - Keinsmerbrug - Het Korfwater - Leihoek - Mennonietenbuurt - Sint Maartenszee - De Stolpen - Stolpervlotbrug - Zijpersluis
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