Heemskerk is a town and municipality in the Midden-Kennemerland area of the Dutch province of North Holland. It had 39,532 inhabitants on 1 January 2026 according to Statistics Netherlands and covers 31.7 square kilometres, of which 4.3 is water. Excavations on the Jan Ligthartstraat in 2004 found footprints and wells from a few centuries before the start of the common era. An official charter of 1063 names the place Hemezen Kyrica, a Latinized Frisian form meaning church of Hemezen, a Frisian nun said to have had a cloister there. Among its historic monuments is the Huldtoneel, an artificial mound where the counts of Holland were once inaugurated, and the village is known for its medieval castles.
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1. Heemskerk (Dutch Wikipedia)
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De gemeente telt 39.532 inwoners ( 1 januari 2026 , bron: CBS)
On Continent: Europe, Introduction
in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland
Part Of: Netherlands, Introduction
in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
Heemskerk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːmskɛr(ə)k] or [ɦeːmsˈkɛr(ə)k]) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
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