Kamerik

Town in Utrecht, Netherlands

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The village of Kamerik (dark green) and the statistical district "Kamerik and Kanis" (light green) in the municipality of Woerden.

Coordinates: 52°6′39″N 4°53′34″E / 52.11083°N 4.89278°E / 52.11083; 4.89278CountryNetherlandsProvinceUtrechtMunicipalityWoerdenPopulation

(1 January 2010)

• Total3,808Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kamerik is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden and is situated about 3 km north of Woerden.

In 2010 the village of Kamerik (including Kanis) had 3808 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

^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 [2]. As of January 1, 2005.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-12-03.