Oostknollendam | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Wormerland - Oost-Knollendam.png |
Map Caption1: | The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Oostknollendam in the municipality of Wormerland.--> |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Wormerland |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -1.8 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.93 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 565 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1534 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0222 |
Coordinates: | 52.5172°N 4.7903°W |
Oostknollendam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 17 km north west of Amsterdam.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1529 as "tot Knollendam", and means "eastern end of the dam". Oost (east) has been added to distinguish from Westknollendam".[4]
Oost-Knollendam was home to 169 people in 1840.[5]