Editing Castricum (section)

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Castricum
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Castricum.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Street in Castricum
| image_flag              = Castricum vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Castricum wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0383 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Castricum in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|33|N|4|40|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name=mayor>{{cite web 
 |url = https://www.castricum.nl/raad-en-college/burgemeester-en-wethouders
 |title = Burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title=Mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Castricum
 |access-date = 5 February 2024}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Karen Heerschop
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Castricum}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Castricum}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Castricum}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 1902CA
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Castricum}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Castricum}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Castricummer
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset             = +1
| timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1489, 1900–1906, 1920–1921
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0251
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.castricum.nl}}
| footnotes               =
[[File:Gem-Castricum-OpenTopo.jpg|275px|thumb|''Map of Castricum, June 2015'']]
}}
{{hatnote|This article is about the Dutch town. For the Dutch ship that explored northern Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk, see [[Maarten Gerritsz Vries]].}}
'''Castricum''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈkɑstrikʏm|-|Nl-Castricum.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the province of [[North Holland]] in the [[Netherlands]].

Castricum is a seaside town in the province of [[North Holland]]. It attracts tourists who come mainly to visit the beach and nearby [[dune]] landscape. [[Lake of Alkmaar-Uitgeest]] is in the vicinity, with facilities for sailing and windsurfing.