Egmond-Binnen is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen

Bergen, North Holland

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, and lies about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Alkmaar

Alkmaar

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Egmond-Binnen was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with Egmond aan Zee

Egmond aan Zee

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 and Egmond aan den Hoef to form the new municipality Egmond. In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001.

Egmond-Binnen is built around the famous Egmond Abbey.

In 2001, the town of Egmond-Binnen had 2371 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.39 km², and contained 880 residences. The wider statistical area of Egmond-Binnen has a population of around 2800.