{{Infobox settlement | name = Callantsoog | settlement_type = Village | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = Callantsoog_panorama.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = View on Callantsoog. | image_flag = Callantsoog vlag.svg | image_shield = Callantsoog wapen.svg | nickname = | motto = <!-- | image_map = LocatieZijpe.png | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Zijpe - Callantsoog.png | map_caption1 = The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Callantsoog in the former municipality of Zijpe. --> | pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Holland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Schagen | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1759GA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 May 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 1.2 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 22.17 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/86165NED/table?ts=1762451618860|title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025|trans-title=Key figures districts and neighborhoods 2025|website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref> | population_total = 2415 | population_as_of = 2025 | population_urban = 1825 | population_rural = 580 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 1759<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0224 | website = | coordinates = {{coord|52|50|N|4|42|E|region:NL_type:city(1956)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = }}
'''Callantsoog''' (West Frisian: ''Kallantsouge'') is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen, and lies about 18 km south of Den Helder. Callantsoog was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Zijpe.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>
==History== The village was first mentioned in the late 11th century as Callinge, and means "island of the people of Calle (person)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/callantsoog |title=Callantsoog - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The oldest settlement had been known to exist in 920, but was lost in the sea in 1170. The second settlement was built on the island 't Oghe and lasted until 1570. Shortly after, the third and current settlement was built further east.<ref name="monument">{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0045.php |title=Callantsoog |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>
In the 1799 Battle of Callantsoog, the landing of 12 thousand British soldiers on the beaches north of the town launched the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, and triggered the mutiny or surrender of a squadron of Dutch warships.
The Dutch Reformed church is a double aisled church built between 1580 and 1581 using material from the flooded earlier church. It has a bell dating from 1491.<ref name="monument"/>
Callantsoog was to 187 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> During the early 20th century, Callantsoog started to develop as a tourist resort. In 1942, it became part of the Atlantic Wall. In 1943, a munition depot exploded destroying the houses near the sea.<ref name="monument"/> It was an independent municipality until 1990 when it was merged into Zijpe. In 2013, it became part of the municipality of Schagen.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/callantsoog |title=Callantsoog |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=nl }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Callantsoog has the oldest official nude beach of the country, dating from 1973. It is a sandy beach {{convert|1.5|km}} to the south.<ref name="naak_Nudi">{{Cite web | title = Nudist beach Callantsoog | author = | work = naaktstrandje.nl | date = | accessdate = 2016-03-06 | url = http://www.naaktstrandje.nl/noordholland/callantsoog/CallantsoogEngels.html | quote = }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:BibCallantsoog.jpg|Library of Callantsoog File:Red. (35729514971).jpg|Lighthouse File:Callantsoog 4.jpg|Beach view File:Callantsoog Centrum.jpg|View from the dunes </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Commons|position=left}}
{{Dutch former municipality Zijpe}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Schagen Category:Populated places in North Holland Category:Former municipalities of North Holland Category:Nude beaches