Schoorl
Sign in to saveSchoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own.
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Place details
- Locality
- Schoorl
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 4,745
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Schoorl
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Schoorlse Duinen (09).jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Schoorl vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Schoorl 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- North Holland
- Population
- +699
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.duindorpschoorl.nl
- Image
- Schoorl.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
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Schoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own.
Schoorl is a village in between the polder area of North Holland and the Schoorlse dunes. The village is about 8 km (5mls) long and never wider than 2 km (1mls). The village is heavily protected by the highest and widest dunes of the Netherlands, which reach about 54 m (164 ft) above sealevel right behind the center of Schoorl, and are more than 5 km (3mls) wide.