Den Helder

Den Helder is a locality in , , and has about 59,600 residents. Den Helder is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the quarter .
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  • Type: Locality with 59,600 residents
  • Description: city in the Netherlands
  • Also known as: Der Helder” and “Helder
  • Postal codes: 1781-1786

Places of Interest

Highlights include HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen and Dutch Navy Museum.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built during the 1930s, she was based in the Dutch East Indies when Japan attacked at the end of 1941.

Museum
The is a naval museum in , . The museum is dedicated to the history of the Koninklijke Marine. The most important ships the museum owns are:…

Railway station
Den Helder is a Terminus railway station in the naval town of , The . The station opened on 20 December 1865, and is the most northerly station in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include ‘t Horntje and De Kooy.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km north of Den Helder.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 5 kilometers south-east of the Den Helder city centre. is situated 6 km southeast of Den Helder.

Den Helder

Latitude
52.9599° or 52° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
4.7593° or 4° 45′ 34″ east
Population
59,600
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
DHR
United Nations Location Code
NL DHR
Open location code
9F46XQ55+XP
Geo­Names ID
2757220
Wiki­data ID
Q33432868
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Den Helder” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Դեն Հելդեր
  • Catalan: Den Helder
  • Cebuano: Den Helder
  • Chinese: 登海尔德
  • Dutch: Den Helder (plaats)
  • Dutch: Den Helder
  • Esperanto: Den Helder
  • Finnish: Den Helder
  • French: Den Helder
  • French: Le Helder
  • German: Den Helder
  • Greek: Ντεν Χέλντερ
  • Indonesian: Den Helder
  • Irish: Den Helder
  • Italian: Den Helder
  • Japanese: デン・ヘルダー
  • Limburgan: Den Helder
  • Luxembourgish: Den Helder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den Helder
  • Persian: دن هلدر
  • Polish: Den Helder
  • Romanian: Den Helder
  • Russian: Ден-Хелдер
  • Spanish: Den Helder
  • Swedish: Den Helder
  • Western Frisian: De Helder

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Localities in the Area

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