IJmuiden

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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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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.

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