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Castricum
North Hollandtown
Castricum
Total population
19,726
Air quality index
Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Sister cities
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Castricum is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
On 6 October 1799, a Franco-Dutch army under Guillaume Brune defeated an Anglo-Russian army under Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of York in the Battle of Castricum. The municipalities of Akersloot and Limmen merged into the municipality of Castricum on 1 January 2002.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian CootFulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves30,564
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves27,744
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves27,120
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves26,456
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves26,318
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves25,682
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves25,677
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves24,224
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.9 — 2008-10-1119 km WNW of Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
- M 3.7 — 2001-09-1254 km WNW of Petten, Netherlands
- M 3.4 — 2001-09-1010 km W of Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
- M 3.8 — 2001-09-097 km W of Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in North Holland
- Bakkum1.3 mi away · pop. 3,239
- Limmen1.8 mi away · pop. 7,129
- Uitgeest2.1 mi away · pop. 13,456
- Heemskerk2.7 mi away · pop. 39,171
- Akersloot2.7 mi away · pop. 4,947
- Egmond-Binnen3.3 mi away · pop. 2,614
- Heiloo4.2 mi away · pop. 23,104
- Beverwijk4.4 mi away · pop. 38,535
- De Woude4.5 mi away · pop. 175
- Markenbinnen4.9 mi away · pop. 310
- Egmond aan den Hoef5 mi away · pop. 3,724
- Wijk aan Zee5 mi away · pop. 2,150
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
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Official Identifiers
CBS — Statistics Netherlands
- CBS code
- 0383
- Population (Wikidata)
- 36,086
- Wikidata
- Q9910
Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands, municipality code via Wikidata P382
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands — Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382