Velsen

Velsen
Municipality
Aerial view of Velserbroek and IJmuiden
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°27′52″N 4°38′50″E / 52.46439°N 4.647346°E / 52.46439; 4.647346Coordinates: 52°27′52″N 4°38′50″E / 52.46439°N 4.647346°E / 52.46439; 4.647346
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Government
Area(2006)
• Total	63.03 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
• Land	44.42 km2 (17.15 sq mi)
• Water	18.61 km2 (7.19 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
• Total	67,608
• Density	1,522/km2 (3,940/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.velsen.nl

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.

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.

Transport

In Velsen, there are the following connections across the North Sea Canal:

• A railroad tunnel between train stations Driehuis and Beverwijk.
• Road tunnels, from north to south:
  • Wijker Tunnel
  • Velser Tunnel next to the railroad tunnel
• A ferry ^[1]
• A road across the lock complex

• Railway stations: Driehuis, Santpoort Noord, Santpoort Zuid

Also there is the Fast Flying Ferry to Amsterdam. ^[2] There used to be a railway link between IJmuiden and Amsterdam, the IJmondlijn until 1999, when it was closed.

Local government

Velsen in 1867. The North Sea Canal is shown as planned and partially under construction.

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).

References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velsen.

• Official website
• Detailed map of Velsen, excluding Santpoort-Noord, Santpoort-Zuid and Velserbroek
• Map of Spaarnwoude
• Many photos of IJmuiden, includes a text page in English (Plattegronden.nl)
• Livius.org: Velsen

		Beverwijk	Zaanstad
	North Sea
	Velsen
		Bloemendaal, Haarlem	Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude

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