Velsen-Noord
Velsen-Noord is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 10 km north of Haarlem. From 1865 on, when the construction on the North Sea Canal began, the town of Velsen, which originated in Roman times, was split in two parts.Photo: Debot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 5,260 residents
- Description: village in Velsen, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Velseroord”, “Velzen-Noord”, and “Velzeroord”
- Postal code: 1951
Places of Interest
Highlights include Velsen Power Plant and Hoogovensmuseum.
Velsen Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Het Nieuwe Instituut - Architecture Collection, No restrictions.
Velsen Power Plant is a power station.
Hoogovensmuseum
Museum
Photo: Zandcee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hoogovensmuseum is a museum located on the northern side of the North Sea Canal sluice gates at IJmuiden, in the former "buizengieterij" of Koninklijke Hoogovens, now Tata Steel IJmuiden, on the Buizenweg in Velsen-Noord.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velsen and IJmuiden.
Velsen
Village
Photo: Gmhogervorst, CC BY 1.0 nl.
Velsen-Zuid is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 9 km north of Haarlem. Velsen-Zuid developed around the church founded by Willibrord in the 8th century.
IJmuiden
Town
Photo: Ed Stevenhagen, Public domain.
IJmuiden is a port town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks, it straddles the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam. IJmuiden is situated 2½ km southwest of Velsen-Noord.
Driehuis
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Driehuis is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland; part of the municipality of Velsen, it lies about 8 km north of Haarlem and 15 km west-northwest of Amsterdam. Driehuis is situated 3 km south of Velsen-Noord.
Velsen-Noord
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Velsen Municipality, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.47385° or 52° 28′ 26″ northLongitude
4.63793° or 4° 38′ 17″ eastPopulation
5,260Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL VSNOpen location code
9F46FJFQ+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 46708391OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Velsen-Noord” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Velsen-Noord”
- Catalan: “Velsen-Noord”
- Cebuano: “Velsen-Noord”
- Chinese: “Velsen-Noord”
- Dutch: “Velsen-Noord”
- Dutch: “Velzen-Noord”
- Dutch: “Wijkeroog”
- French: “Velsen-Noord”
- French: “Velzen-Noord”
- German: “Velzen-Noord”
- Irish: “Velsen-Noord”
- Italian: “Velzen-Noord”
- Lithuanian: “Velzen Nordas”
- Luxembourgish: “Velsen-Noord”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Velsen-Noord”
- Persian: “ولسن نورد”
- Portuguese: “Velsen-Noord”
- Russian: “Велзен-Норд”
- Spanish: “Velzen-Noord”
- Ukrainian: “Велзен-Норд”
- Ukrainian: “Велзен-Норт”
- Zeeuws: “Velsen-Noôrd”
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