Editing Beverwijk

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| name                    = Beverwijk
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Beverwijk as seen from the [[North Sea Canal]]
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| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of regions of the Netherlands|Region]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Amsterdam metropolitan area]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
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 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = 15 April 2012
 |title = College van B en W
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
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 |publisher = Gemeente Beverwijk
 |access-date = 24 February 2014
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| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Martijn Smit]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1940–1949
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 251
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.beverwijk.nl}}
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[[File:2013-Beverwijk.jpg|265px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Beverwijk, July 2013'']]
'''Beverwijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌbeːvərˈʋɛik|-|384 Beverwijk.ogg}}) is a municipality and a city in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Holland]]. The town is located about {{convert|20|km}} northwest of [[Amsterdam]] in the [[Randstad]] metropolitan area, north of the [[North Sea Canal]] very close to the [[North Sea]] coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of [[Haarlem]] on the south side of the canal. 

Around 1640, a town called [[Beverwyck]] was founded in the Dutch colony of [[New Netherland]]. That town's modern name is [[Albany, New York]].

== Population centres ==
The municipality of Beverwijk consists of two cores, Beverwijk proper and [[Wijk aan Zee]], {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} to the west, right on the coast.

==History==
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[[File:Jan Saenredam03.jpg|thumb|left|Engraving from 1601 by [[Jan Saenredam]] of a beached whale on the coast near Beverwijk]]
The name Beverwijk comes from ''Bedevaartswijk'', meaning "pilgrimage neighbourhood". The town formed at the Saint Agatha Church which was a pilgrimage location in the Middle Ages. Allegedly [[Agatha of Sicily]] appeared there in the 9th century to a virgin from [[Velsen]] who was fleeing from the Count of Kennemerland.

In 1276, Beverwijk was granted market rights by [[Floris V, Count of Holland|Floris V]], and in 1298 it was granted [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] by [[John I, Count of Holland|John I]], both [[Count of Holland|Counts of Holland]].

During the 17th century, wealthy merchants from Amsterdam built their estates, such as ''Huize Akerendam'', ''Huize Westerhout'', and ''Huize Scheijbeeck'', in the scenic dunes surrounding Beverwijk. Or they changed former strongholds in country retreats like [[Adrichem Castle]].

Prior to the reclamation of the [[IJ (Amsterdam)|IJ Bay]], the narrowest point in the North Holland peninsula was at Beverwijk. Therefore, a defensive line was built there in 1800 following the [[Battle of Castricum]] in 1799.

In 1944, during the Second World War, the Germans conducted a house-to-house raid in Beverwijk and [[Velsen-Noord]], seizing nearly 500 persons as hostages to force the murderers of three collaborators to surrender themselves. In all, 63 of them never returned.

Around 1977, the first furniture stores opened along the Parallel Road, forming the first "furniture boulevard" in the Netherlands. By 1981, 10 businesses had been established there. South of the furniture boulevard, the [[Beverwijk Bazaar|Bazaar]] was introduced in 1980.

On March 23, 1997, Beverwijk was the location of a clash of two [[football firm]]s. Supporters of the Dutch [[Association football|football]] team [[Ajax Amsterdam|AFC Ajax]] met with [[Feyenoord]] supporters in what has come to be known as the "[[Battle of Beverwijk]]". During this incident, one Ajax supporter was beaten to death.

Since 1997, Special Needs Judo Foundation has organised its annual OBG (Open Beverwijk G-judo) tournament in Sporthal De Walvis, featuring over 1000 special needs judoka from all over the world. The tournament takes place every year in April.

== Local government ==
The municipal council of Beverwijk consists of 27 seats, which are divided as follows:
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* Samen Beverwijk - 4 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 4 seats 
* [[Democrats 66|D66]] - 4 seats 
* Vrij Beverwijk - 3 seats
* [[GroenLinks]] - 3 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 2 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 2 seats
* On's Beverwijk - 2 seats
* [[Forum for Democracy|Forum voor Democratie]] - 1 seat
* Fractie Kocak - 1 seat
* Motie Mendes - 1 seat


}}

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Wil veldersvlasblom-1548317037.jpeg|140px|thumb|Wil Velders-Vlasblom, 1970]]
[[File:Astrid Joosten.jpg|140px|thumb|Astrid Joosten, 2010]]
* [[Gerard van Velsen]] (died 1296) Lord of Beverwijk, Noordwijk, and Velsen
* [[Richard Aertsz]] (1482–1577) a [[Dutch Renaissance]] painter of historical allegories
* [[Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen]] (1500-1559) a Dutch [[Northern Renaissance]] painter
* [[Thomas Wijck]] (1616-1677) a Dutch painter of port views and genre paintings
* [[Rochus van Veen]] (1630–1693) was a [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter
* [[Isaac Johannes Lamotius]] (1646–1718) [[Governor of Dutch Mauritius|Governor of Mauritius]] 1677 to 1692 and an [[ichthyologist]] 
* [[Wil Velders-Vlasblom]] (1930–2019) a politician and woman's rights activist, Mayor of Beverwijk 1986 to 1995
* [[Albert Boer]] (1935–2002) the author of ''[[Kamp Schoorl]]''
* [[Henk Tijms]] (born 1944) a Dutch mathematician and academic
* [[Jan Baas]] (born 1950) a Dutch politician, alderman of Beverwijk 1990 to 1996
* [[Peter Pontiac]] (1951–2015) a Dutch cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator
* [[Peter de Wit]] (born 1958) a Dutch comics artist and cartoonist
* [[Astrid Joosten]] (born 1958) a Dutch TV personality and presenter<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490319/   IMDb Database] retrieved 25 January 2020 </ref>
* [[Ilse Huizinga]] (born 1966) a Dutch jazz singer
* [[Willem de Rooij]] (born 1969) mixed media artist
* [[Kim-Lian|Kim-Lian van der Meij]] (born 1980) a musical actress, presenter and singer-songwriter<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357042/   IMDb Database] retrieved 25 January 2020 </ref>
[[File:Ans Dekker 1974.jpg|140px|thumb|Ans Dekker, 1974]]
[[File:Laurien Hoos.jpg|140px|thumb|Laurien Hoos, 2007]]
=== Sport ===
* [[Cor Tabak]] (1907–2001) a male weightlifter who competed at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ab Geldermans]] (born 1935) a former professional road bicycle racer and [[directeur sportif]] 
* [[Ans Dekker]] (born 1955) a former artistic gymnast, competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Wouly de Bie]] (born 1958) a former water polo goalkeeper, participated in two Summer Olympics 
* [[Michel Doesburg]] (born 1968) a retired Dutch professional footballer with over 400 club caps 
* [[Dorus de Vries]] (born 1980) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 431 club caps
* [[Laurien Hoos]] (born 1983) a Dutch heptathlete and hurdler, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Niki Terpstra]] (born 1984)  a Dutch racing cyclist
* [[Stefan Struve]] (born 1988), mixed martial artist
* [[Paul de Lange]] (born 1981) a retired Dutch footballer with nearly 400 club caps
* [[Arthur Numan]] (born 1969) a retired Dutch footballer with 436 club caps
*[[Daphne van Domselaar]] (born 2000) Dutch female goalkeeper.

==Transport==
*[[Beverwijk railway station]]
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Beverwijk, Grote Kerk foto1 2011-06-12 15.47.JPG|Beverwijk, church: de Grote Kerk
File:Museumkennemerland.jpg|Museumkennemerland
File:Inundatiekanaal van de Pijp naar de inundatiesluis in de Sint Aagtendijk - Beverwijk - 20340663 - RCE.jpg|Inundatiekanaal van de Pijp naar de inundatiesluis in de Sint Aagtendijk - Beverwijk
File:Relweg 57, Wijk aan Zee 01.jpg|Relweg 57, Wijk aan Zee
</gallery>

==See also==
* {{ill|Museum Kennemerland|nl}}, Beverwijk

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
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*[http://www.beverwijk.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Beverwijk
 | North     = [[Heemskerk]]
 | East      = [[Zaanstad]]
 | South     = [[Velsen]]
 | West      = ''[[North Sea]]''
}}
{{North Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Beverwijk| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]