Risdam | |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Coordinates: | 52.6614°N 5.0525°W |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Hoorn |
Area Total Km2: | 4.66 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 17645 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code: | 1625, 1689 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Risdam (pronounced as /nl/) is a neighborhood in the northwest of Hoorn, Netherlands. The name was derived from Rijsdam, a dam in the historic waterway that ran along the Keern.[2] Today, the neighborhood is split into the districts Risdam-Noord, Risdam-Zuid and Nieuwe Steen. Risdam-Noord formally belongs to the village of Zwaag.
Risdam had a total population of 17,645 in 2019.[1] In the southwestern part of the neighborhood, there is a sports and leisure center with an ice skating rink, a movie theater, a hotel, a casino and a running track. The city hall of Hoorn is located in the southeast of the neighborhood.