Lekkerkerk

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Lekkerkerk

Total population

7,680

Coordinates51.90°, 4.68°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lekkerkerk is a town and former municipality on the Lek River, now part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, South Holland province, the Netherlands. Since 1 January 1985 Lekkerkerk is no longer an independent municipality.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Marten de Roon

Dutch association football player (born 1991)

Martijn Lakemeier

Dutch actor

Peter van Dalen

Dutch politician

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Hans Versteegt

Dutch organ builder (1928–2011)

D

Dirk Weber

Dutch writer

Jan Jongebreur

T

Teunis van der Linden

Dutch chemist (1884-1965)

C

Clement Bezemer

Dutch painter (1910-2002)

G

Gerda van Wageningen

Dutch writer

R

Ralph Barendse

Dutch musician

H

Hedwig Van de Velde

Belgian writer

Arie de Zeeuw

Dutch politician (1881–1967)

Heimen Lagerwaard

Dutch football player (1929-2006)

Iris Pruysen

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor

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Martinus Leonardus Middelhoek

Dutch draughtsperson, painter and illustrator (1898-1986)

J

Jeroen Kroos

Dutch photographer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Holland

• Nieuw-Lekkerland
  0.8 mi away · pop. 8,464
• Krimpen aan de Lek
  2 mi away · pop. 6,580
• Kinderdijk
  2.1 mi away · pop. 811
• Alblasserdam
  2.3 mi away · pop. 20,005
• Streefkerk
  2.6 mi away · pop. 2,481
• Oud-Alblas
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,205
• Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
  3.3 mi away · pop. 5,690
• Berkenwoude
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,715
• Oostendam
  3.7 mi away · pop. 605
• Krimpen aan den IJssel
  4.2 mi away · pop. 29,123
• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  4.2 mi away · pop. 29,730
• Papendrecht
  4.3 mi away · pop. 32,295

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