June 9, 2020
Municipality of Velsen
Municipality of Velsen is a great place to live, work and recreate: partly due to its convenient location by the sea, National Park and port and close to Amsterdam, Haarlem and Schiphol Airport. Fishing, offshore and a strong manufacturing industry characterize IJmuiden.
Velsen consists of the towns of Driehuis, IJmuiden, Santpoort-Noord, Santpoort-Zuid, Velsen-Noord, Velzen-Zuid and Velserbroek. The municipality of Velsen has a population of 69,238.
The municipality of Velsen, together with the province of North Holland, ROC Nova College and the companies Zwart Techniek, Crown van Gelder and Tata Steel, is a founding member of Techport.