Beverwijk

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Coordinates: 52.48° N 4.65° E
Beverwijk

Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	20.38 km² (7.9 sq mi)
- Land	18.57 km² (7.2 sq mi)
- Water	1.82 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	36,820
- Density	1,983/km² (5,135.9/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.beverwijk.nl

Beverwijk (help·info) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Beverwijk received city rights in 1298.

On March 23, 1997, Beverwijk was the location of a clash of two football firms. Supporters of the Dutch football team AFC Ajax met with Feyenoord supporters in what has come to be known as the "Battle of Beverwijk". During this incident, the Ajax supporter Carlo Picornie was beaten to death.

1 Population centres
2 Local government
3 Notable people born in Beverwijk
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Population centres

The municipality of Beverwijk consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Beverwijk, Wijk aan Zee.

[edit] Local government

The municipal council of Beverwijk consists of 25 seats, which are divided as follows:

PvdA - 7 seats
CDA - 6 seats
GroenLinks - 4 seats
VVD - 4 seats
Democraten Beverwijk - 2 seats
Gemeentebelangen - 2 seats

[edit] Notable people born in Beverwijk

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1500-1559), painter
Ab Geldermanns (born 1935), cyclist winner of Luik-Bastenaken-Luik in 1960. Dutch champion in 1962.
Wouly de Bie (born 1958), water polo player
Ilse Huizinga (born 1966), singer
Dorus de Vries (born 1980), football (soccer) goalkeeper
Lissa Perlman (born 1981), classical pianist