IJmuiden
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- IJmuiden
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- IJmuiden-4.59E-52.47N.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Satellite photo of all but south-east corner of Velsen municipality which includes this port and its opposing steelworks.
- Settlement.image_caption
- Satellite photo of IJmuiden and Velsen area
- Settlement.image_map
- LocatieVelsen.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Within North Holland; and the Netherlands (inset, left)
- Settlement.image_map1
- Map NL - Velsen - IJmuiden.svg
- Settlement.map_caption1
- IJmuiden in the municipality of Velsen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Velsen
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1.9
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.91
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- IJ-mouth
- Second World War
- North Holland's gate to the North Sea
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IJmuiden () is a port town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks, it straddles the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam. To the south it abuts a large reserve of plant-covered dunes, the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. The town is on the south bank; the north bank is otherwise a steel plant and Velsen-Noord.
It is north northwest of Haarlem which is due west of Amsterdam.