Achterdijk
Achterdijk is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 7 km northeast of Gorinchem.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 200 residents
- Description: human settlement in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Achterdijk, South Holland” and “Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arkel railway station and Jan van Arkel.
Arkel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bezeh.nl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arkel is a railway station, located in Arkel in the Netherlands. The station is located on the Qbuzz line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. It was opened on 1 December 1883, was closed on 15 May 1938 and was reopened on 10 June 1940.
Koepelkerk, Arkel
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koepelkerk, Arkel is a church, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Achterdijk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arkel and Kedichem.
Arkel
Village
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Arkel is a town in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. A part of the municipality of Molenlanden, it lies about 3 km north of Gorinchem. Arkel is a former municipality; in 1986 it became part of Giessenlanden.
Kedichem
Village
Kedichem is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located about 7 km northeast of the city of Gorinchem, in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden. Kedichem is situated 2½ km southeast of Achterdijk.
Nieuwland
Village
Nieuwland is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 8 km north of Gorinchem. Nieuwland was a separate municipality in the province of South Holland between 1817 and 1986, when it became part of Zederik. Nieuwland is situated 3 km north of Achterdijk.
Achterdijk
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.87497° or 51° 52′ 30″ northLongitude
5.02275° or 5° 1′ 22″ eastPopulation
200Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
9F37V2FF+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 44183735OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2760037Wikidata ID
Q1906083
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Achterdijk” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Achterdijk”
- Dutch: “Achterdijk (Utrecht)”
- Dutch: “Achterdijk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Achterdijk”
- Persian: “آختردیک، هلند جنوبی”
- Persian: “اکتردیک، جنوب هلند”
- Portuguese: “Achterdijk”
- Ukrainian: “Ахтердейк”
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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 “Achterdijk”. Photo: AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.