Edam

Edam is a town in the province of . Its main claim to international fame is Edam cheese. Edam is part of the .
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  • Type: Town with 7,080 residents
  • Description: town in Edam-Volendam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Edam, Netherlands”
  • Postal code: 1135

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kras Stadion and Edam Fort.

Stadium
Photo: Roelzzz, Public domain.
The is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Volendam. The stadium is able to hold 6,984 people and was built in 1975.

Fort
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
The Fort near Edam is a Dutch fort that is part of the Stelling van Amsterdam. It lies near the city of Edam. The fort protected the Edam lock, which was used to flood the Zeevang polder. The fort was finished between 1908 and 1914.

Church
Photo: Arch, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Volendam and Middelie.

Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.
is a fishing village in , 20 km north of . Sometimes called "the pearl of the Zuiderzee", this place is a highly popular tourist destination.

Village
Photo: Marjon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 5 km northeast of . is situated 4 km northwest of Edam.

Edam

Latitude
52.5119° or 52° 30′ 43″ north
Longitude
5.0563° or 5° 3′ 23″ east
Population
7,080
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL EDM
Open location code
9F47G364+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7162633372
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2756431
Wiki­data ID
Q77056
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Edam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Edam”
  • Albanian: “Edam”
  • Arabic: “إدام”
  • Asturian: “Edam”
  • Belarusian: “Эдам”
  • Breton: “Edam”
  • Catalan: “Edam”
  • Cebuano: “Edam”
  • Chinese: “Edam”
  • Chinese: “埃丹”
  • Czech: “Edam”
  • Danish: “Edam”
  • Dutch: “Edam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ادام”
  • Esperanto: “Edam”
  • Estonian: “Edam”
  • Finnish: “Edam”
  • French: “Edam”
  • Galician: “Edam”
  • German: “Edam”
  • Greek: “Εϊντάμ”
  • Greek: “Ένταμ”
  • Hebrew: “אדאם”
  • Hebrew: “אדם”
  • Hindi: “एडाम”
  • Hungarian: “Edam”
  • Indonesian: “Edam”
  • Irish: “Edam”
  • Italian: “Edam”
  • Japanese: “エダム”
  • Korean: “에담”
  • Kurdish: “Edam, Holenda Bakur”
  • Ladin: “Edam”
  • Luxembourgish: “Edam”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Edam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Edam”
  • Norwegian: “Edam”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Edam”
  • Persian: “ایدام، هلند”
  • Polish: “Edam”
  • Portuguese: “Edam”
  • Romanian: “Edam”
  • Russian: “Эдам”
  • Slovak: “Edam”
  • Slovenian: “Edam”
  • Spanish: “Edam”
  • Swedish: “Edam”
  • Turkish: “Edam”
  • Ukrainian: “Едам”
  • Urdu: “ایڈم، نیدرلینڈز”
  • Volapük: “Edam”
  • Western Frisian: “Edam”
  • Zeeuws: “Edam”
  • “Edam”

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