Durgerdam

Durgerdam
—  Village  —
Durgerdam
Durgerdam in the municipality of Amsterdam.
Coordinates: 52°23′N 4°59′E / 52.383°N 4.983°E / 52.383; 4.983Coordinates: 52°23′N 4°59′E / 52.383°N 4.983°E / 52.383; 4.983
Country	Netherlands
Province	Noord-Holland
Municipality	Amsterdam
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJsselmeer.

Durgerdam is a part of the deelgemeente (sub-municipality) Amsterdam-Noord. The village has about 430 inhabitants.^[1]

Durgerdam was a separate municipality between 1 May 1817, and 1 January 1818, when it was merged with Ransdorp.^[2]

Durgerdam hosted the 2nd pit-stop in The Amazing Race 12, a reality television show that circles the globe.

References

1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004 [1]: postcode 1026BX, BZ, CA to CM.
2. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.