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Velsen

Velsen () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal. On the north side of the North Sea Canal, in IJmuiden, there is a major steel plant, Corus Group|Corus Strip Products IJmuiden, formerly known as ''Koninklijke Hoogovens''. The headquarter of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij is located in IJmuiden. The Kennemerstrand beach on the south side of the canal is at the end of the Kennemerboulevard, which runs south of the Seaport Marina. To the south is the beach of Bloemendaal aan Zee. In between is a nude beach.

The municipality of Velsen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
- on the north of the North Sea Canal:
- Velsen-Noord, and a part of IJmuiden (Corus),
- on the south of the North Sea Canal:
- Velsen-Zuid, Driehuis, IJmuiden, Santpoort-Noord, Santpoort-Zuid and Velserbroek, and the parts Oosterbroek and Buitenhuizen of the recreation area Spaarnwoude.

In Velsen, there are the following connections across the North Sea Canal:
- A railroad tunnel between train stations Driehuis and Beverwijk.
- Road tunnels, from north to south:
- Wijker Tunnel
- Velser Tunnel next to the railroad tunnel
- A ferry http://www.connexxion.nl/website/subpage.asp?id=1064&command=#pont_velzen.
- A road across the lock complex
- '''Railway stations''': Driehuis railway station|Driehuis, Santpoort Noord railway station|Santpoort Noord, Santpoort Zuid railway station|Santpoort Zuid Also there is the Fast Flying Ferry to Amsterdam http://www.connexxion.nl/website/subpage.asp?id=1102. There used to be a railway link between IJmuiden and Amsterdam, the IJmondlijn until 1999, when it was closed.

The municipal council of Velsen consists of 33 seats, which are divided as follows:
- Velsen Lokaal - 14 seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA - 5 seats
- Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA - 5 seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD - 5 seats
- GroenLinks - 2 seats
- ChristenUnie - 1 seat
- Democrats 66|D66 - 1 seat

The ruins of a Roman naval base at Velsen are believed to be ancient Flevum, which is listed as Phleoum, Romanized to Phleum, in Ptolemy (2.10).

- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

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