Dordrecht
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Summary
Dordrecht is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Dordrecht ranks in the top 2% of municipality of the netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,880 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Holland[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Oude Maas[5], Beneden-Merwede[6], Dordtsche Kil[7], Hollands Diep[8]
- Head of government: Peter van der Velden[9]
- Instance of: city[10], cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[11], place with town rights and privileges[12]
- Shares border with: Papendrecht[13], Werkendam[14], Sliedrecht[15], Hoeksche Waard[16], Moerdijk[17], Zwijndrecht[18], Strijen[19], Drimmelen[20], Hardinxveld-Giessendam[21]
- Flag: flag of Dordrecht[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Varna[23], Recklinghausen[24], Hastings[25], Bamenda[26], Dordrecht, Eastern Cape[27]
- Coat of arms: Wapen van Dordrecht[28]
- Postal code: 3300–3329[29]
- Part of: Alblasserwaard-Drechtsteden[30]
- Commons category: Dordrecht[31]
- Local dialing code: 078[32]
- Archives at: Regionaal Archief Dordrecht[33]
- Located in/on physical feature: Eiland van Dordrecht[34]
- Official website: https://cms.dordrecht.nl/[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dordrecht[36]
- Commons gallery: Dordrecht[37]
- Population: 118,730[38], 118,731[39], 118,426[40], 118,654[41], 19,972[42], 20,991[43], 20,909[44], 23,054[45], 24,798[46], 27,292[47], 32,618[48], 38,386[49], 46,355[50], 54,093[51]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Dordrecht include Canons of Dort[52], a rule[53]; Dordrecht, Eastern Cape[54], a town[55], in South Africa[56], founded in 1856[57]; Dordtsche Kil[58], a river[59], in Netherlands[60]; Dordrecht railway station[61], a railway station[62], in Netherlands[63]; Eiland van Dordrecht[64], an island[65], in Netherlands[66]; New Dordrecht[67], a village[68], in Netherlands[69]; and Dordrecht Zuid railway station[70], a railway station[71], in Netherlands[72].
Why It Matters
Dordrecht has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] Dordrecht is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]
Entities named for Dordrecht include Canons of Dort[52], a rule[53]; Dordrecht, Eastern Cape[54], a town[55], in South Africa[56], founded in 1856[57]; Dordtsche Kil[58], a river[59], in Netherlands[60]; Dordrecht railway station[61], a railway station[62], in Netherlands[63]; Eiland van Dordrecht[64], an island[65], in Netherlands[66]; and New Dordrecht[67], a village[68], in Netherlands[69].