Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Total population

8,620

Land area26.18 km²

Coordinates52.30°, 4.90°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is largely a part of the municipality of Ouder-Amstel; it lies about 9 km south of Amsterdam. A small part of the town lies in the municipality of Amstelveen. It is connected to Amsterdam by the river Amstel. There is another village called Ouderkerk in South Holland, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Johannes Voorhout

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1647-1717)

Eva Lubbers

Dutch athlete

Piet Steenkamp

Dutch politician and university professor (1925-2016)

Dick Voorn

Dutch football coach (born 1948)

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Lizzy Sara May

Dutch poet (1918–1988)

Angela Schijf

Dutch actor (born 1979)

Piet Klaasse

Dutch illustrator (1918–2001)

Jean van Silfhout

Dutch sportsman

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Michael Boddeke

Dutch politician

Gerrit Simons

politician (1802-1868)

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Peter Zijerveld

Dutch bicycle racer

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Martien van Zuijlen

Dutch mathematician

Lars Veldwijk

Dutch / South African association football player

Ruud Koopmans

Dutch sociologist and professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin

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Abraham du Bois

Dutch military personnel (1916–1945)

Casper Andries Lingbeek

Dutch politician (1867-1939)

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• Amstelveen
  1.9 mi away · pop. 89,321
• Duivendrecht
  2.7 mi away · pop. 4,785
• Nes aan de Amstel
  2.9 mi away
• Diemen
  3.9 mi away · pop. 27,272
• Driemond
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,525
• Uithoorn
  5.1 mi away · pop. 24,835
• Amsterdam
  5.3 mi away · pop. 881,933
• Sloten
  5.5 mi away
• Badhoevedorp
  5.8 mi away · pop. 12,937
• Weesp
  5.9 mi away · pop. 18,751
• De Kwakel
  6.2 mi away · pop. 4,366
• Nederhorst den Berg
  6.4 mi away · pop. 5,285

Browse all places in North Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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