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Bakkum

Village in North Holland, Netherlands

52°34′N 4°39′E / 52.567°N 4.650°E / 52.567; 4.650CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth HollandMunicipalityCastricumArea

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• Total5.00 km² (1.93 sq mi)Elevation

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1.3 m (4.3 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total2,585 • Density520/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

1901^[1]

Dialing code0251

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 [nl], the hamlet Noord Bakkum [nl] and Bakkum aan Zee which is nowadays called Castricum aan Zee [nl].^[3]

The village was first mentioned in the late-11th century as Bachem, and means "settlement on a height".^[4] Bakkum used to be a heerlijkheid. In 1749, it was sold to Nicolaas Geelvinck who was Lord of Castricum among others.^[5]

In 1812, Bakkum became a part of the municipality of Castricum.^[3] Some tourism developed in the early 20th century, but Bakkum never developed into a seaside resort town. After World War II, it started to form a single urban area with Castricum.^[5]

Gallery

House in Bakkum
Psychiatric hospital Duin en Bosch
House in Bakkum
Camp site in Bakkum (1972)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2022. two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 1901AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Bakkum". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Bakkum - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester (2006). "Bakkum" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. Retrieved 27 April 2022.