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Sliedrecht
Sign in to saveSliedrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is covered by water.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sliedrecht is referenced by 143 other articles, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NL, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Alblasserwaard, Drechtsteden and Municipalities of South Holland.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sliedrecht
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Voorgevel met wapensteen boven ingangspartij - Sliedrecht - 20370830 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Former city hall of Sliedrecht
- Settlement.image_flag
- Sliedrecht vlag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Sliedrecht.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0610 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Sliedrecht in a municipal map of South Holland
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal council
- Settlement.leader_party
- CDA
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Demonym
- Sliedrechter
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 25597
- Area
- 14
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Body of water
- Beneden-Merwede
- Shares border with
- Papendrecht
- Official website
- www.sliedrecht.nl
- Image
- Voorgevel met wapensteen boven ingangspartij - Sliedrecht - 20370830 - RCE.jpg
- Households
- 9959
- Dialing code
- 0184
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- contains settlement
- Sliedrecht
- twinned administrative body
- Orăștie
- Commons category
- Sliedrecht
- postal code
- 3360–3364
- topic's main category
- Category:Sliedrecht
- Commons gallery
- Sliedrecht
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sliedrecht
- phone number
- +31184495900
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P8168
- Matis
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sliedrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is covered by water.
Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including Boskalis and IHC Merwede) that come from it. The Dredging Festival takes place in Sliedrecht every two years. The first IKEA store in the Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht in 1978, but it closed in 2006. Sliedrecht is also the site of the Nationaal Baggermuseum (National Dredging Museum) - featuring dredging and salvage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sliedrecht” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (14)
On the map
3 mapped locations