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Akersloot
Sign in to saveAkersloot is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum, and lies about 9 km south of Alkmaar. Until 1 January 2002, Akersloot was a separate municipality.
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Place details
- Locality
- Castricum
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 5,010
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Akersloot
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Akersloot, korenmolen de Oude Knegt IMG 9934 2019-06-17 17.00.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Windmill: de Oude Knegt
- Settlement.image_shield
- Akersloot wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Castricum
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0.3
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10.20
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Akersloot, korenmolen De Oude Knegt foto1 2009-04-05 15.49.JPG
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Akersloot is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum, and lies about 9 km south of Alkmaar. Until 1 January 2002, Akersloot was a separate municipality.
The oldest name for Akersloot was Axmericota, meaning "Oak Forest at the Sea". In the years between 1250 and 1400, Akersloot gained the title "capital village of Kennemerland". Limmen was the second village in Kennermerland in prestige. In 1276 the people of Akersloot regained their rights and privileges from Count Floris V due to their bravery in the struggle against the Frisians. These privileges were removed by their former lord, the count of Holland, in the early 13th century because they rebelled against him.
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