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Den Helder

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Also known as The Helder

municipality in the Netherlands

AI overview

Den Helder is a municipality located in the Netherlands. It is notable as the home of the Royal Netherlands Navy and serves as an important naval base for the country.

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Official website

Onderwerpen - Gemeente Den Helder

Officiële website van gemeente Den Helder met informatie over onze diensten en het bestuur.

denhelder.nl

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
Heldernaar
Located in
North Holland
Population
56582
Area
178.83
Elevation
1
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Texel
Official website
www.denhelder.nl
Image
NASA 20070501 Den Helder NL.jpg
Households
26690
Dialing code
0223
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contact page URL
www.denhelder.nl/Contact
category for people born here
Category:Births in Den Helder
twinned administrative body
Lüdenscheid
Commons category
Den Helder
postal code
1780–1788
topic's main category
Category:Den Helder
category of associated people
Category:People from Den Helder
Commons gallery
Den Helder
water as percent of area
25.33
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+31 223 671200
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Encyclopedic overview

Den Helder ( Dutch pronunciation: [dɛn ˈɦɛldər] ) is an industrial port town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here, the Royal TESO ferryboat service operates the transportation link between Den Helder and the nearby Dutch Wadden island of Texel to the north.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Den Helder” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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