Kamerik

Kamerik
—  Town  —

Coat of arms
The village of Kamerik (dark green) and the statistical district "Kamerik and Kanis" (light green) in the municipality of Woerden.
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province Utrecht
Municipality Woerden
Population (1 January 2010)
 • Total 3,808
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Kamerik is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden, and lies about 3 km north of Woerden.

In 2001, the town of Kamerik had 2421 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.43 km², and contained 877 residences.[1] The statistical district "Kamerik and Kanis", which includes two villages and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 3050.[2] This does not include the separate villages of Kamerik-Mijzijde and Oud-Kamerik.

Until it was merged with Woerden in 1989, Kamerik was a separate municipality. Between 1818 and 1857, it was split into two municipalities: Kamerik-Mijzijde on the west side, and Kamerik-Houtdijken on the east.[3]

References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 [2]. As of January 1, 2005.
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [3]
Populated places in the municipality of Woerden
Cities/towns
Villages
Harmelen - Kamerik - Zegveld
Hamlets
Barwoutswaarder - Bekenes - Breeveld - Breudijk - De Bree - Geestdorp - Gerverscop - Harmelerwaard - Houtdijken - Kamerik-Mijzijde - Kanis - Kromwijk - Lagebroek - Meije (in part) - Oud-Kamerik - Reijerscop - Rietveld - Teckop