Leerdam

Leerdam is a city and former municipality in the western , in the province of . The municipality was merged with the municipalities of and Zederik on 1 January 2019.
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  • Type: Town with 18,300 residents
  • Description: city and former municipality in the Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 4141-4143
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leerdam railway station and Maria Onbevlekt Ontvangen.

Railway station
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The is located in the western , on the MerwedeLingelijn line between and . The railway station was opened on 1 December 1883. Train services are operated by Qbuzz.

Church
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is a church.

Museum
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The is a museum and former hofje in Leerdam, , on the Kerkstraat. It was built during the years 1770-1772 on the former location of the "Kasteel van Leerdam", a castle that was destroyed by the Spanish in 1574.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asperen and Heukelum.

Village
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is a small city in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km east of on the river . It received city rights in 1313.

Village
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is a city in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 8 km northeast of . It received city rights in 1391. is situated 2½ km southwest of Leerdam.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 9 km northeast of . is situated 3 km northwest of Leerdam.

Leerdam

Latitude
51.89374° or 51° 53′ 37″ north
Longitude
5.09244° or 5° 5′ 33″ east
Population
18,300
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL LRD
Open location code
9F37V3VR+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44285819
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2751808
Wiki­data ID
Q388575
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Leerdam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leerdam”
  • Albanian: “Leerdam”
  • Arabic: “ليردام”
  • Armenian: “Լեյրդամ”
  • Asturian: “Leerdam”
  • Basque: “Leerdam”
  • Belarusian: “Лердам”
  • Catalan: “Leerdam”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Leerdam”
  • Cebuano: “Leerdam”
  • Chinese: “莱尔丹”
  • Chinese: “萊爾丹”
  • Czech: “Leerdam”
  • Danish: “Leerdam”
  • Dutch: “gemeente Leerdam”
  • Dutch: “Leerdam (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Leerdam (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Leerdam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليردام”
  • Esperanto: “Leerdam”
  • French: “Leerdam”
  • German: “Leerdam”
  • Hungarian: “Leerdam”
  • Indonesian: “Leerdam”
  • Irish: “Leerdam”
  • Italian: “Leerdam”
  • Japanese: “レールダム”
  • Javanese: “Leerdam”
  • Kurdish: “Leerdam”
  • Ladin: “Leerdam”
  • Limburgan: “Leerdam”
  • Lithuanian: “Lerdamas”
  • Low German: “Leerdam”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leerdam”
  • Malay: “Leerdam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leerdam”
  • Norwegian: “Leerdam”
  • Persian: “لیردام”
  • Polish: “Leerdam”
  • Portuguese: “Leerdam”
  • Romanian: “Leerdam”
  • Russian: “Лердам”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Leerdam”
  • Slovak: “Leerdam”
  • Slovenian: “Leerdam”
  • Spanish: “Leerdam”
  • Swedish: “Leerdam”
  • Turkish: “Leerdam”
  • Ukrainian: “Лердам”
  • Urdu: “لیردام”
  • Venetian: “Leerdam”
  • Vietnamese: “Leerdam”
  • Volapük: “Leerdam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leerdam”
  • Welsh: “Leerdam”
  • Western Armenian: “Լիրտամ”
  • Western Frisian: “Leardaam”
  • Western Frisian: “Leardam”
  • Zeeuws: “Leêrdam”
  • “Leerdam”

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