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Limmen
Sign in to saveLimmen is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum, and is situated about 9 km southwest of Alkmaar. Before 2002 it was a separate municipality.
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Place details
- Locality
- Castricum
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 7,300
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Limmen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Limmen NH.JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Limmen wapen.svg
- Settlement.motto
- <!--
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- Dutch Municipality Den Helder 2006.png
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- Map NL - Den Helder - Huisduinen.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Huisduinen in the municipality of Den Helder. -->
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Netherlands
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Limmen NH.JPG
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- Limmen
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Limmen is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum, and is situated about 9 km southwest of Alkmaar. Before 2002 it was a separate municipality.
==History== Limmen has been mentioned in various documents since 750, by the name Limbon and later Limmen. It has seen prosperous times, but also times of struggle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limmen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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