Bakkum

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Bakkum

Total population

3,239

Air quality index

25Good

WeatherAvg high 57°F

Coordinates52.57°, 4.65°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bakkum is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum and lies about 12 km southwest of Alkmaar. It has three satellites: the village of Bakkum-Noord, the hamlet Noord Bakkum and Bakkum aan Zee which is nowadays called Castricum aan Zee.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Richard Aertsz

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1482-1577)

Coen Niesten

Dutch bicycle racer

H

Henk Jaap Beentje

Dutch botanist

Ab Jüdell

Henk Heida

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor

E

Elly van Beuzekom-Lute

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor

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Abraham Louis Schneiders

Dutch writer and diplomat

S

Sjoerd Bouritius Jacobus Denijs

Dutch painter

H

Hans de Bruijn

Dutch photographer (1956-)

Olivier Bakker

Niels van der Laan

M

Marja West

Dutch writer

G

Germaine Kruip

B

Balt de Winter

Dutch mayor (1926-2013)

Wouter van Beek

Dutch anthropologist (born 1943)

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Thijs Overpelt

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Holland

• Castricum
  1.3 mi away · pop. 19,726
• Limmen
  1.7 mi away · pop. 7,129
• Egmond-Binnen
  2.2 mi away · pop. 2,614
• Uitgeest
  3.3 mi away · pop. 13,456
• Akersloot
  3.3 mi away · pop. 4,947
• Heiloo
  3.6 mi away · pop. 23,104
• Egmond aan den Hoef
  3.8 mi away · pop. 3,724
• Egmond aan Zee
  3.8 mi away · pop. 4,655
• Heemskerk
  3.9 mi away · pop. 39,171
• De Woude
  5.3 mi away · pop. 175
• Zuidschermer
  5.4 mi away · pop. 620
• Beverwijk
  5.5 mi away · pop. 38,535

Browse all places in North Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-07-06

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-07-06

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-07-06

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-07-06

European Comma

Polygonia c-album

Seen 2026-07-06

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-07-06

Twin-spotted Major

Oxycera leonina

Seen 2026-07-06

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Seen 2026-07-06

European lily of the valley

Convallaria majalis

Seen 2026-07-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).