Velsen-Noord Explained

Velsen-Noord
Settlement Type:Village
Native Name Lang:nl
Image Map1:Map NL - Velsen - Velsen-Noord.svg
Map Caption1:The village (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Velsen-Noord in the municipality of Velsen.-->
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Holland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Velsen
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:1.1
Area Total Km2:9.51
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:5,280
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:1951
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0251
Coordinates:52.4722°N 4.6442°W

Velsen-Noord (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˌvɛlzə ˈnoːrt/) 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. The northern part was known as Wijkeroog. Circa 1920, when municipality Beverwijk was planning to annex its surrounding villages, Velsen renamed Wijkeroog to Velsen-Noord (and Velsen itself to Velsen-Zuid) to indicate clearly that it was part of the municipality.

In 1918, the steel producer Koninklijke Hoogovens was established in Velsen-Noord along the North Sea Canal. Its blast furnaces have defined the landscape of this town since then. The Hoogovensmuseum was opened in 2009 by the Stichting Industrieel Erfgoed Hoogovens (SIEHO) in order to preserve the industrial heritage of this historic steel producing site.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 1951AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 2 May 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 2 May 2022.