Papendrecht

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Papendrecht

Total population

32,295

Land area10.77 km²

Coordinates51.83°, 4.69°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Papendrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River. The municipality had a population of 32,171 in 2021 and covers an area of 10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi) of which 1.38 km2 (0.53 sq mi) is water.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Zara Whites

Dutch pornographic actress and political activist

Marten de Roon

Dutch association football player (born 1991)

Johan Simons

Dutch theatre director (born 1946)

Martijn Lakemeier

Dutch actor

Peter van Dalen

Dutch politician

Leen Barth

Dutch footballer

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Hans Versteegt

Dutch organ builder (1928–2011)

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Dirk Weber

Dutch writer

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Teunis van der Linden

Dutch chemist (1884-1965)

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Gerda van Wageningen

Dutch writer

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Ralph Barendse

Dutch musician

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Hedwig Van de Velde

Belgian writer

Sander Oostlander

Dutch bicycle racer

Iris Pruysen

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor

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Martinus Leonardus Middelhoek

Dutch draughtsperson, painter and illustrator (1898-1986)

Stoffel Muller

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Oud-Alblas
  1.7 mi away · pop. 2,205
• Dordrecht
  1.8 mi away · pop. 122,070
• Alblasserdam
  2.5 mi away · pop. 20,005
• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  2.6 mi away · pop. 29,730
• Zwijndrecht
  2.6 mi away · pop. 40,635
• Oostendam
  2.7 mi away · pop. 605
• Wijngaarden
  3 mi away · pop. 705
• Sliedrecht
  3.5 mi away · pop. 25,010
• Nieuw-Lekkerland
  3.6 mi away · pop. 8,464
• Lekkerkerk
  4.3 mi away · pop. 7,680
• Rijsoord
  4.4 mi away · pop. 2,995
• Kinderdijk
  4.5 mi away · pop. 811

Browse all places in South Holland →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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