Velsen Municipality

Velsen is a municipality in the , in the province of . It is located on both sides of the . On the north side of the North Sea Canal there is a major steel plant, Tata Steel , formerly known as Koninklijke Hoogovens.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sportpark Schoonenberg and Driehuis railway station.

Stadium
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, branded as BUKO Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Eredivisie club Telstar and Eredivisie Vrouwen club Telstar. It is located in , Netherlands.

Railway station
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is located in , the . The station opened on 29 September 1957 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms.

Railway station
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is located in , the . The station opened 27 September 1957 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kennemerland and IJmuiden.

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is a region in North-Holland. Many foreign travelers make a day-trip to the historic cities of and , while the locals come here for its nature, dunes and seaside resorts.

Town
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is a port town in the province of . 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 to .

Village
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Velsen-Zuid is a town in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 9 km north of . Velsen-Zuid developed around the church founded by Willibrord in the 8th century.

Velsen Municipality

Latitude
52.4518° or 52° 27′ 7″ north
Longitude
4.6321° or 4° 37′ 56″ east
Population
68,600
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9F46FJ2J+PR
Geo­Names ID
2745675
Wiki­data ID
Q9970
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Velsen Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Velsen”
  • Arabic: “فيلسن”
  • Aragonese: “Velsen”
  • Armenian: “Վելսեն”
  • Asturian: “Velsen”
  • Balinese: “Velsen”
  • Basque: “Velsen”
  • Belarusian: “Велзен”
  • Belarusian: “Вэльзэн”
  • Breton: “Velsen”
  • Catalan: “Velsen”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Velsen”
  • Chinese: “Velsen”
  • Chinese: “桑特波爾特”
  • Chinese: “費爾森”
  • Czech: “Velsen”
  • Danish: “Velsen”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Velsen”
  • Dutch: “Velsen”
  • Esperanto: “Velsen”
  • Finnish: “Velsen”
  • French: “Velsen”
  • German: “Santpoort”
  • German: “Velsen”
  • Greek: “Φέλσεν”
  • Hebrew: “ולצן”
  • Hindi: “वेलज़न”
  • Hungarian: “Velsen”
  • Indonesian: “Velsen”
  • Irish: “Velsen”
  • Italian: “Velsen”
  • Japanese: “フェルセン”
  • Javanese: “Velsen”
  • Korean: “펠선”
  • Kurdish: “Velsen”
  • Ladin: “Velsen”
  • Limburgan: “Velsen”
  • Lithuanian: “Velsenas”
  • Low German: “Velsen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Velsen”
  • Malay: “Velsen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Velsen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Velsen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velsen”
  • Norwegian: “Velsen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Velsen”
  • Persian: “فلسن”
  • Polish: “Velsen”
  • Portuguese: “Velsen”
  • Romanian: “Velsen”
  • Russian: “Велзен”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Velsen”
  • Scots: “Velsen”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velsen”
  • Silesian: “Velsen”
  • Slovak: “Velsen”
  • Slovenian: “Velsen”
  • Spanish: “Velsen”
  • Swahili: “Velsen”
  • Swedish: “Velsen”
  • Thai: “เวลเซน”
  • Turkish: “Velsen”
  • Ukrainian: “Велзен”
  • Urdu: “ویلسن”
  • Venetian: “Velsen”
  • Vietnamese: “Velsen”
  • Volapük: “Velsen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Velsen”
  • Western Frisian: “Felsen”
  • Zeeuws: “Velsen”
  • “Velsen”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Driehuis and Santpoort-Noord.

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