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Zwijndrecht

The Zwijndrechtse Waard is a former island in the Meuse river delta, consisting of the municipalities of Zwijndrecht and Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. The region is bordered by rivers and former rivers on all sides, with the Waal in the north, the Old Meuse to the south and east, and the Noord on the northeast.
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  • Type: Town with 40,600 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Gemeente Zwijndrecht” and “Zwijndrecht, Netherlands”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dordrechts Museum and Dordrecht railway station.

Museum
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is an art museum in , . The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries.

Railway station
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Dordrecht is a railway station in , located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between and was opened.

Church
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The Grote Kerk of , officially the Church of Our Lady is a large church in the Brabantine Gothic style, and the largest church in the city. It was built between 1284 and 1470, though some parts are newer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dordrecht and Zwijndrechtse Waard.

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is a historic city in , that was, at the end of the Middle Ages, one of the six important trade cities of the County of Holland. Its centre still shows off the rich history of the city.

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The is a former island in the Meuse river delta, consisting of the municipalities of Zwijndrecht and Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. The region is bordered by rivers and former rivers on all sides, with the Waal in the north, the Old Meuse to the south and east, and the Noord on the northeast.

Town
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is a town and municipality in the western . It is located on the island of , and borders with Zwijndrecht, , and the Noord River.

Zwijndrecht

Latitude
51.8162° or 51° 48′ 58″ north
Longitude
4.6405° or 4° 38′ 26″ east
Population
40,600
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
9F36RJ8R+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1523625769
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2743492
Wiki­data ID
Q244692
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Zwijndrecht” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zwijndrecht, Nederland”
  • Albanian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Arabic: “زفايندريخت”
  • Armenian: “Զվայնդրեխտ”
  • Asturian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Basque: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Catalan: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Zwijndrecht”
  • Chinese: “兹韦恩德雷赫特”
  • Danish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Dutch: “gemeente Zwijndrecht”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Zwijndrecht”
  • Dutch: “Zwijndrecht (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Zwijndrecht (Nederland)”
  • Dutch: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Esperanto: “Zvindreĥto”
  • Esperanto: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Finnish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • French: “Zwijndrecht”
  • German: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Hebrew: “זווינדרכט”
  • Hungarian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Indonesian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Irish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Italian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Japanese: “ズウィンドレヒト”
  • Japanese: “ズウェインドレフト”
  • Japanese: “ズワインドレヒト”
  • Japanese: “ツウェインドレヒト”
  • Javanese: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Kurdish: “Zwijndrecht, Holenda Başûr”
  • Latin: “Zuindracum”
  • Latin: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Limburgan: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Lithuanian: “Zveindrechtas”
  • Low German: “Zwiendrecht”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Moksha: “Звейндрэхт (ошсь)”
  • Moksha: “Звейндрэхт”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Norwegian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Persian: “زووین‌درخت”
  • Polish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Portuguese: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Romanian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Russian: “Звейндрехт”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Scots: “Zwijndrecht, Netherlands”
  • Scots: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Slovenian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Spanish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Swedish: “Zwijndrecht, Nederländerna”
  • Swedish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Turkish: “Zwijndrecht, Hollanda”
  • Turkish: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Ukrainian: “Звейндрехт”
  • Venetian: “Zwijndrecht (Paexi Basi)”
  • Venetian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Vietnamese: “Zwijndrecht, Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Volapük: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zwijndrecht, Nederlandes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zwijndrecht”
  • Western Armenian: “Զուիճընտրեխդ”
  • Western Frisian: “Zwijndrecht (Súd-Hollân)”
  • Western Frisian: “Zwijndrecht”
  • Zeeuws: “Zwiendrecht”

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