Katwijk (NL)

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Katwijk (also Katwijk aan de Zee, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk-Binnen) is a coastal municipality and town in the province of South Holland, which is situated in the mid-western part of the European country The Netherlands. Through this town flows the river Oude Rijn ("Old Rhine"), which merges here into the North Sea. Katwijk is located on the North Sea, northwest of Leiden and 16 km north of The Hague. It shares its borders with the municipalities of Noordwijk, Teylingen, Oegstgeest, Leiden, and Wassenaar. The municipality has a population of 62,825 and covers an area of 31.13 km2 (12.02 sq mi), of which 6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi) is water. Katwijk is by far the largest town in the so-called "Duin- en Bollenstreek" ("Dune and Bulb Region").

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Postage stamp was issued in 1872. Portrait is King William III. Cancelled in trainwagon or tramway with namestamp (no date). Probably used between 1872 and 1874.Stampset