Dirksland
Dirksland is a village and former municipality on Goeree-Overflakkee Island in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality had a population of about 8,000 in 2007, and covered an area of about 74 km2 of which about 19 km2 was water.- Type: Village with 6,130 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands
- Postal code: 3247
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Dirksland and De Eendracht.
Streekmuseum Goeree-Overflakkee
Museum
The Streekmuseum Goeree-Overflakkee is established in seven small houses dating back to the seventeenth century, in the old village of Sommelsdijk in the Netherlands. Streekmuseum Goeree-Overflakkee is situated 3½ km east of Dirksland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melissant and Sommelsdijk.
Melissant
Village
Melissant is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located on the island Goeree-Overflakkee, in the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee. Melissant is situated 3½ km northwest of Dirksland.
Sommelsdijk
Village
Sommelsdijk is a village on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, the Netherlands, and part of the municipality of the same name. Sommelsdijk has 7,195 inhabitants which makes it the second largest settlement after Middelharnis on the island. Sommelsdijk is situated 3½ km east of Dirksland.
Herkingen
Village
Herkingen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located on the south coast of the island Goeree-Overflakkee, in the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee. Herkingen is situated 4½ km south of Dirksland.
Dirksland
Latitude
51.74806° or 51° 44′ 53″ north
Longitude
4.10147° or 4° 6′ 5″ east
Population
6,130
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Inception
1416
United Nations Location Code
NL DRK
Open location code
9F36P4X2+6H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Dirksland” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Dirksland”
- Armenian: “Դիրկսլանդ”
- Asturian: “Dirksland”
- Basque: “Dirksland”
- Bulgarian: “Дирксланд”
- Catalan: “Dirksland”
- Cebuano: “Dirksland”
- Chinese: “Dirksland”
- Chinese: “迪尔克斯兰”
- Chinese: “迪爾克斯蘭”
- Dutch: “Dirksland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديركسلاند”
- Esperanto: “Dirksland”
- French: “Dirksland”
- German: “Dirksland”
- Indonesian: “Dirksland”
- Irish: “Dirksland”
- Italian: “Dirksland”
- Japanese: “ディルクスラント”
- Javanese: “Dirksland”
- Limburgan: “Dirksland”
- Lithuanian: “Dirkslandas”
- Luxembourgish: “Dirksland”
- Malay: “Dirksland”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dirksland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dirksland”
- Persian: “دیرکسلاند”
- Portuguese: “Dirksland”
- Romanian: “Dirksland”
- Russian: “Дирксланд”
- Silesian: “Dirksland”
- Spanish: “Dirksland”
- Swedish: “Dirksland”
- Turkish: “Dirksland”
- Ukrainian: “Дірксланд”
- Urdu: “ڈرکس لینڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Dirksland”
- Volapük: “Dirksland”
- Waray (Philippines): “Dirksland”
- Welsh: “Dirksland”
- Western Armenian: “Տիրքսլանտ”
- Zeeuws: “Dirksland”
- “Dirksland”
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Highlights include Onder de Wiek and Het Hof.
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