Katwijk

Katwijk Dutch pronunciation: are a coastal municipality and city inside the province of South Holland, that's located within the mid-western a part of the Netherlands. The Oude Rijn "Old Rhine" river flows via the town and into the North Sea. Katwijk is positioned at the North Sea , northwest of Leiden and sixteen km north of The Hague . It shares its borders with the municipalities of Noordwijk, Teylingen , Oegstgeest , Leiden , and Wassenaar . In January 2019, Katwijk had a populace of 65.312 and covers an area of 31.13 km2 12.02 sq.Mi, of which 6.Fifty nine km2 2.Fifty four squaremi is water.

Katwijk is through a long way the biggest city inside the Duin- en Bollenstreek "Dune and Bulb Region". The name "Katwijk" probably has its origins within the name of a Germanic tribe referred to as the Chatten Chatti. The Dutch phrase "wijk" method "region", so the name possibly supposed something like "the Chatti vicinity". In Romans instances, Katwijk become an area of strategic importance. It was placed on the Roman Empire's northern border, at the mouth of the Rhine river, which in Roman times turned into large on this location than it's far today. There became a bargain of traffic along the Rhine. Katwijk become additionally a jumping-off point for the voyage to Britain.