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Oudewater

Oudewater is a lovely little town of 10,000 people in the . Halfway between and and once an important industrial center of the rope industry, this small place is both easily accessible and packed with historic charm.
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  • Type: Village with 8,280 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Oudewater Municipality”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Touwmuseum De Baanschuur, Oudewater and Sint-Franciscuskerk.

Museum
Photo: Erik Zachte, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Groene Hart and Snelrewaard.

Photo: WindwalkerNld, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a scenic agricultural zone between the four biggest cities of the country. The flat polders and canals, considered typical for the country, can be explored by hiking or cycling.

Village
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 2 km east of the city of Oudewater.

Village
Photo: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 3 km southeast of . is situated 5 km northeast of Oudewater.

Oudewater

Latitude
52.0226° or 52° 1′ 21″ north
Longitude
4.8701° or 4° 52′ 13″ east
Population
8,280
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
9F462VFC+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8920261297
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2748978
Wiki­data ID
Q10051
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Oudewater” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Oudewater”
  • Albanian: “Oudewater”
  • Arabic: “آودافاتر”
  • Armenian: “Աուդերվաթեր”
  • Asturian: “Oudewater”
  • Balinese: “Oudewater”
  • Basque: “Oudewater”
  • Belarusian: “Аўдэватэр”
  • Catalan: “Oudewater”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Oudewater”
  • Chinese: “奥德瓦特”
  • Chinese: “奧德沃特”
  • Czech: “Oudewater”
  • Danish: “Oudewater”
  • Dutch: “gemeente Oudewater”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Oudewater”
  • Dutch: “Oudewater (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Oudewater”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آودافاتر”
  • Esperanto: “Oudewater”
  • French: “Oudewater”
  • German: “Oudewater”
  • Greek: “Αουντεβάτερ”
  • Hebrew: “אודווטר”
  • Indonesian: “Oudewater”
  • Irish: “Oudewater”
  • Italian: “Oudewater”
  • Kurdish: “Oudewater”
  • Limburgan: “Oudewater”
  • Lithuanian: “Oudevateris”
  • Low German: “Oldewater”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oudewater”
  • Malay: “Oudewater”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oudewater”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oudewater”
  • Norwegian: “Oudewater”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oudewater”
  • Persian: “آده‌واتر”
  • Polish: “Oudewater”
  • Portuguese: “Oudewater”
  • Romanian: “Oudewater”
  • Russian: “Аудеватер”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Oudewater”
  • Slovenian: “Oudewater”
  • Spanish: “Oudewater”
  • Swedish: “Oudewater”
  • Turkish: “Oudewater”
  • Ukrainian: “Аудеватер”
  • Venetian: “Oudewater”
  • Volapük: “Oudewater”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oudewater”
  • Western Frisian: “Aldewetter”
  • Western Frisian: “Oudewater”
  • Zeeuws: “Ouwewaeter”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Oudewater”. Photo: Koos Fernhout, CC BY-SA 2.0.