Also there used to be the Fast Flying Ferry to Amsterdam.[6] There used to be a railway link between IJmuiden and Amsterdam, the IJmondlijn until 1999, when it was closed.
Local government
Velsen in 1867. The North Sea Canal is shown as planned and partially under construction.
The municipal council of Velsen consists of 33 seats, which are divided now (2022) as follows:
The ruins of a Roman naval base at Velsen discovered starting in 1945 are believed to be ancient Flevum,[7][8] which is listed as Phleoum, Romanized to Phleum, in Ptolemy (2.10).[dubious – discuss]
^"Waarnemend burgemeester A.E. Koopmanschap" [Interim Mayor A.E. Koopmanschap] (in Dutch). Gemeente Velsen. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
^"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^"Postcodetool for 1971EN". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^www.connexxion.nl
^www.connexxion.nl
^Image of Roman Flevum
^Boffey, Daniel (December 26, 2021). "Large Roman fort built by Caligula discovered near Amsterdam". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2021.