Ouddorp

Ouddorp
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Ouddorp in the municipality of Goedereede.
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zuid-Holland
Municipality	Goedereede
Population (CBS 1 januari 2010)	6.040

Ouddorp (51°49′N 3°56′E / 51.817°N 3.933°E / 51.817; 3.933) is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goedereede on the island Goeree-Overflakkee. The statistical area "Ouddorp", which also includes the peripheral parts of the village and the surrounding countryside (including the hamlet of Visschershoek), has a population of around 6040.^[1] Religious life has also traditionally been very important to Ouddorp's inhabitants.^{[citation needed][original research?]} The largest church is the Dorpskerk.^{[citation needed]} Ouddorp was a separate municipality until 1966, when it became part of Goedereede.^[2]

A typical landscape in Ouddorp

The tower in the centre of Ouddorp

References

1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of 1 January 2005.
2. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

External links

• www.ouddorp.nl
• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Ouddorp". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.