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Bergen op Zoom

city in Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
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Summary

Bergen op Zoom is a place with town rights and privileges[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of place with town rights and privileges entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,207 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bergen op Zoom[3]
  • Country: Netherlands[4]
  • Instance of: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[5], city[6]
  • Shares border with: Roosendaal[7], Woensdrecht[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Szczecinek[9], Oudenaarde[10], Edmonton[11]
  • Postal code: 4600–4625[12]
  • Commons category: Bergen op Zoom[13]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[14]
  • Local dialing code: 0164[15]
  • Significant event: Siege of Bergen op Zoom[16], Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom[17]
  • Official website: http://www.bergenopzoom.nl/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bergen op Zoom[19]
  • Commons gallery: Bergen op Zoom[20]
  • Population: 66,445[21], 65,908[22]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Topographia Circuli Burgundici[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26]
  • Capital of: Bergen op Zoom[27]
  • Official name: Bergen op Zoom[28]
  • List of monuments: Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Bergen op Zoom (stad)[29], list of war memorials in Bergen op Zoom[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bergen op Zoom[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bergen op Zoom[32]
  • Demonym: Bergenaar[33]
  • Native label: Bergen op Zoom[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Bergen op Zoom[35]
  • Elevation above sea level: 10 m[36]
  • Area: 93.13 km²[37]

Why It Matters

Bergen op Zoom has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [3] ↑ . cbs.nl. Retrieved . cbs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Bergen op Zoom. Retrieved October 9, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bergen-op-zoom
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bergen-op-zoom_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bergen op Zoom}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bergen-op-zoom}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-09}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0373937-Bergen-op-Zoom-Nizozemsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0373937-Bergen-op-Zoom-Nizozemsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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