Castricum

Castricum
Castricum
	Municipality
	Street in Castricum
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Holland
	Coordinates: 52°33′N 4°40′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Toon Mans (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	60.37 km2 (23.31 sq mi)
• Land	49.67 km2 (19.18 sq mi)
• Water	10.70 km2 (4.13 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	0 m (0 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	35,772
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Castricummer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1489, 1900–1906, 1920–1921
Area code	0251
Website	www.castricum.nl
	Dutch Topographic map of Castricum, June 2015

Castricum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɑstrikɵm] (listen)) is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.

Castricum is a seaside town in the province of North Holland. It draws in a fair share of tourists who mainly come to visit the beach and nearby dune landscape. In Castricum's vicinity there is also the lake of Alkmaar-Uitgeest which offers various sailing and windsurfing opportunities.

History

On 6 October 1799, a Franco-Dutch army under Guillaume Brune defeated an Anglo-Russian army under Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of York in the Battle of Castricum.

Population centres

The municipality of Castricum is made up of the following towns, villages and/or districts: Castricum, Akersloot, Bakkum, De Woude, Limmen.

Transportation

The town is served by Castricum railway station. From here there are 4 trains an hour to Amsterdam, with a journey time of 28 minutes.

Local government

The municipal council of Castricum consists of 23 seats, which are divided as follows:

VVD - 5 seats
Castricum Kernen Gezond (CKenG) - 4 seats
GDB - 3 seats
PvdA - 3 seats
CDA - 3 seats
GroenLinks - 2 seats
D66 - 2 seats
De Vrije Lijst - 1 seat

At the moment, the college van burgemeester en wethouders (the municipal board) is formed by the VVD, CKenG, CDA and D66.

Notable people

Wim Schermerhorn, 1946

Willem Jacobszoon Coster (1590 in Akersloot – 1640) Dutch colonial Governor of Zeylan in 1640
John Ton (1826 in Akersloot - 1896) an American abolitionist active in the Underground Railroad in Illinois.
Willem Schermerhorn (1894 in Akersloot – 1977) a Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1945/1946
Jan Gmelich Meijling (1936 in Heemstede – 2012) a Dutch politician, naval officer and Mayor of Castricum from 1978 to 1985
Theo van den Boogaard (born 1948 in Castricum) a Dutch cartoonist
Henk Jaap Beentje (born 1951 in Bakkum) a Dutch botanist, works at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sefa Jeroen Vlaarkamp (2000 in Alkmaar) a Dutch frenchcore musician

Sport

Arjan de Zeeuw (born 1970 in Castricum) a retired Dutch footballer with 553 club caps
Eddy Putter (born 1982 in Akersloot) a Dutch football player with over 200 club caps
Kees Luijckx (born 1986 in Beverwijk) a Dutch footballer with over 270 club caps

Gallery

Weide van Brasser, Castricum

References

"Burgemeester Toon Mans" [Mayor Toon Mans] (in Dutch). Gemeente Castricum. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 1902CA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

Media related to Castricum at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "Burgemeester Toon Mans" [Mayor Toon Mans] (in Dutch). Gemeente Castricum. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 1902CA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.