Kampen
Kampen is a Hanzestad at the mouth of the river IJssel, a few kilometres from the IJsselmeer in the far northwest of the Dutch province of Overijssel.
- Type: Town with 36,100 residents
- Description: city in Overijssel, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Kampen (Oaveriessel)”, “Kampen (Overijssel)”, “Kampen, Overijssel”, “Kampeno”, and “ma Kanpen”
- Postal codes: 8261-8267 and 8278
- Neighbors: Dronten, Noordoostpolder, and Zwolle
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kampen railway station and Koornmarktspoort.
Kampen railway station
Railway station
Kampen is a terminus railway station located in Kampen, Netherlands.
Koornmarktspoort
City gate
The Koornmarktspoort is city gate in Kampen, Overijssel, the Netherlands.
Bovenkerk
Church
Photo: Hsf-toshiba, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include IJsselmuiden and Grafhorst.
Grafhorst
Village
Grafhorst is a small city about 3 km north of Kampen, in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Grafhorst is situated 3½ km northeast of Kampen.
Wilsum
Village
Kampen
Latitude
52.5559° or 52° 33′ 21″ north
Longitude
5.9033° or 5° 54′ 12″ east
Population
36,100
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL KAM
Open location code
9F47HW43+98
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Kampen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kampen, Nederland”
- Afrikaans: “Kampen”
- Albanian: “Kampen”
- Arabic: “كامبن”
- Armenian: “Կամպեն”
- Asturian: “Kampen”
- Basque: “Kampen”
- Belarusian: “Кампен”
- Catalan: “Kampen”
- Cebuano: “Kampen”
- Chinese: “坎彭”
- Czech: “Kampen”
- Danish: “Kampen”
- Dutch: “Kampen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كامبن”
- Esperanto: “Kampen”
- French: “Kampen”
- German: “Kampen”
- Greek: “Κάμπεν”
- Hebrew: “קמפן”
- Hungarian: “Kampen”
- Indonesian: “Kampen”
- Irish: “Kampen, Overijssel”
- Irish: “Kampen”
- Italian: “Kampen”
- Japanese: “カンペン”
- Korean: “캄펀”
- Kurdish: “Kampen, Overijssel”
- Kurdish: “Kampen”
- Ladin: “Kampen”
- Latvian: “Kampena”
- Limburgan: “Kampen”
- Lithuanian: “Kampenas”
- Low German: “Gemeen Kampen”
- Low German: “Kampen”
- Luxembourgish: “Kampen”
- Malay: “Kampen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kampen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kampen”
- Norwegian: “Kampen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kampen”
- Persian: “کامپن، افریسل”
- Persian: “کامپن”
- Polish: “Kampen”
- Portuguese: “Kampen”
- Romanian: “Kampen”
- Russian: “Кампен”
- Saterfriesisch: “Kampen”
- Scots: “Kampen”
- Slovenian: “Kampen”
- Spanish: “Kampen”
- Swedish: “Kampen, Nederländerna”
- Swedish: “Kampen”
- Turkish: “Kampen, Overijssel”
- Turkish: “Kampen”
- Ukrainian: “Кампен”
- Urdu: “کامپن، اوور ایسل”
- Venetian: “Kampen”
- Vietnamese: “Kampen, Overijssel”
- Vietnamese: “Kampen”
- Vlaams: “Kampn”
- Volapük: “Kampen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kampen, Overijssel”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kampen”
- Welsh: “Kampen”
- Western Frisian: “Kampen”
- Zeeuws: “Kamp’n”
- Zeeuws: “Kampen”
- “Kampen”
- “ma tomo Kanpen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cellesbroek and Hanzewijk.
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