Beverwijk

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Coordinates: 52°29′N 4°39′E / 52.48, 4.65
Beverwijk
Image:Dutch Municipality Beverwijk 2006.png
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
- Total	20.38 km² (7.9 sq mi)
- Land	18.57 km² (7.2 sq mi)
- Water	1.82 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
- Total	36,820
- Density	1,983/km² (5,135.9/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.beverwijk.nl

Beverwijk (help·info) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 20 km northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railroad tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south bank. Beverwijk received city rights in 1298. Around 1640, a town called Beverwyck was founded in the dutch colony of New Netherland, this town's modern name is Albany, New York.

On March 23, 1997, Beverwijk was the location of a clash of two football firms. Supporters of the Dutch football team AFC Ajax met with Feyenoord supporters in what has come to be known as the "Battle of Beverwijk". During this incident, the Ajax supporter Carlo Picornie was beaten to death.

1 Population centres
2 Local government
3 Notable people born in Beverwijk
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Population centres

The municipality of Beverwijk consists of two cores, Beverwijk proper and Wijk aan Zee 5 km to the west, right on the coast.

[edit] Local government

The municipal council of Beverwijk consists of 25 seats, which are divided as follows:

PvdA - 10 seats
CDA - 5 seats
VVD - 4 seats
GroenLinks - 3 seats
Democraten Beverwijk - 2 seats
Gemeentebelangen - 1 seats

[edit] Notable people born in Beverwijk

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1500-1559), painter
Ab Geldermanns (born 1935), cyclist winner of Luik-Bastenaken-Luik in 1960. Dutch champion in 1962
Wouly de Bie (born 1958), water polo player
Ilse Huizinga (born 1966), singer
Dorus de Vries (born 1980), football (soccer) goalkeeper