Katwijk

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Katwijk

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Location

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Flag

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Country
Netherlands
Province
South Holland
Population
61.292 (1 January 2005)
Coordinates
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Website
www.Katwijk.nl
Mayor
J. Wienen

Image:Ltspkr.pngKatwijk (population: 61.292) is a municipality and town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

On 1 January 2006, Rijnsburg and Valkenburg have been merged into the municipality.

The municipality now covers an area of 85 km² (of which 19 km² water). It shares its borders with the municipalities of Noordwijk, Teylingen, Oegstgeest, Leiden, and Wassenaar.

The town Katwijk consists of Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk aan Zee, Hoornes-Rijnsoever, Rijnsburg and Valkenburg. The latter has a sandy beach.

The RijnGouweLijn is planned to connect Katwijk with Leiden and beyond.

Katwijk, 10 km NW. of Leiden and 16 km N. of The Hague, is a popular coastal resort and former fishing village. Like Urk, Spakenburg and Staphorst, the old Katwijk aan Zee is regarded a bastion of strict Protestants, although a minority of the population is actually Christian. Close by are the locks constructed in 1807 by the engineer, F. W. Conrad (d. 1808), through which the Rhine (here called the Uitwateringskanaal) flows to the sea. The shore and the entrance to the canal are strengthened by dikes.

In 1520 a Roman camp known as the Brittenburg was discovered here. It was square in shape, each side measuring 75 m, and the remains stood about 3 m high. By the middle of the 18th century it had been destroyed and covered by the sea.

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