Krimpen aan de Lek
Krimpen aan de Lek is a village on the Lek River in the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, province of South Holland, the Netherlands. It had 6,607 inhabitants in 2008.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 6,580 residents
- Description: farm village in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Krimpen”
- Postal code: 2931
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watertoren and Eendenkooi Bakkerswaal.
Nederwaard Molen No.1
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nederwaard Molen No.1 is one of the Kinderdijk windmills, in the Dutch municipality of Molenlanden. The mill, which dates from 1738, is inhabited and cannot be visited.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinderdijk and Slikkerveer.
Kinderdijk
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kinderdijk is a village in the Alblasserwaard polder of the Netherlands. It's a popular, yet authentic, tourist destination for its large network of windmills. They received recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Slikkerveer
Village
Slikkerveer is a village in the municipality of Ridderkerk, Netherlands. In 2004, 8550 people lived in Slikkerveer. It is located about 6 km east-southeast of the city of Rotterdam. Slikkerveer is situated 2½ km southwest of Krimpen aan de Lek.
Nieuw-Lekkerland
Village
Nieuw-Lekkerland is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is situated on the southern shores of the Lek River, in the north-west of the Alblasserwaard. Nieuw-Lekkerland is situated 3 km east of Krimpen aan de Lek.
Krimpen aan de Lek
Latitude
51.89542° or 51° 53′ 44″ northLongitude
4.63755° or 4° 38′ 15″ eastPopulation
6,580Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL KRPOpen location code
9F36VJWQ+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 44287288OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Krimpen aan de Lek” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Catalan: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Cebuano: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Chinese: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Chinese: “莱克河畔克林彭”
- Dutch: “Krimpen a/d Lek”
- Dutch: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Dutch: “Krimpen aan den Lek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كريمپين ان دى ليك”
- Esperanto: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- French: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- German: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Hebrew: “קרימפן אן דה לק”
- Irish: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Italian: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Low German: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Luxembourgish: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Persian: “کریمپن انده لک”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Turkish: “Krimpen aan de Lek”
- Ukrainian: “Крімпен-ан-де-Лек”
- Zeeuws: “Krimpen an den Lek”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Schuwacht and Sportcomplex Molenzicht.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Watersportvereniging De Lek and Brandweerkazerne Krimpen aan de Lek.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Krimpen aan de Lek”. Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.