Beverwijk
Beverwijk | |
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Beverwijk as seen from the North Sea Canal | |
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Location in North Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°29′N 4°39′E / 52.483°N 4.650°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 (6.6 ft) |
| Population (January 2021) | |
• 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 |
Beverwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbeːvərˈʋɛik] ⓘ) is an industrial port 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.
Around 1640, a town called Beverwyck was founded in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. That town would become the city of Albany, the state capital of New York.