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Beverwijk () is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 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.

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Beverwijk is an industrial port city in the Netherlands located in North Holland, near Amsterdam and the North Sea coast within the Randstad metropolitan area. The city serves as an important transportation hub, connected to the nearby city of Haarlem across the North Sea Canal by a railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels.

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Beverwijk
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Municipality
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Nzkanaal2.jpg
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Beverwijk as seen from the North Sea Canal
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Flag of Beverwijk.svg
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100x67px
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Beverwijk wapen.svg
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100x80px
Settlement.image_map
Map - NL - Municipality code 0375 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt
Highlighted position of Beverwijk in a municipal map of North Holland
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Location in North Holland
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Holland
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Region
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Amsterdam metropolitan area
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Municipal council

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Beverwijk
Demonym
Beverwijker
Population
41863
Area
20.09
Elevation
2
Official website
www.beverwijk.nl
Image
Beverwijk Bisschoppelijke Kweekschool.jpg
Households
18018
Dialing code
0251
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Commons category
Beverwijk
postal code
1940–1949
native label
Beverwijk
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+31251256256
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Beverwijk () is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 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.

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