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Zwammerdam
Sign in to saveZwammerdam is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland along Oude Rijn river. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 6 km southeast of Alphen aan de Rijn. The name derives from a dam built in the Rhine river in 1165 AD by Count Floris III of Holland, to protect the land stream downwards from floods.
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Place details
- Locality
- Zwammerdam
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Zwammerdam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Centre of Zwammerdam
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- Flag of Zwammerdam.svg
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- Zwammerdam wapen.svg
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- 250
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- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
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- Netherlands
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- Province
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 1052
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Zwammerdam.JPG
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Zwammerdam is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland along Oude Rijn river. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, and lies about 6 km southeast of Alphen aan de Rijn. The name derives from a dam built in the Rhine river in 1165 AD by Count Floris III of Holland, to protect the land stream downwards from floods.
In 2020, the village of Zwammerdam had 1850 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 62 km², and contained 484 residences. The statistical area "Zwammerdam", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1810.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zwammerdam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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