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Sommelsdijk | |
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Village | |
 Windmill De Korenbloem | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Sommelsdijk Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands  Sommelsdijk Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 51°45′17″N 4°9′11″E / 51.75472°N 4.15306°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Goeree-Overflakkee |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.85 km2 (7.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1.3 m (4.3 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 7,170 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3245[1] |
| Dialing code | 0187 |
Sommelsdijk is a village on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, the Netherlands, and part of the municipality of the same name. Sommelsdijk has (1 January 2022) 7,195 inhabitants which makes it the second largest settlement after Middelharnis on the island.[1]
In the past, Sommelsdijk was the only place on the island of Goeree-Overflakee that was part of the province of Zeeland. In 1805 it was made a part of Holland, and remained such under the amendment of the Dutch Constitution of 1814.
Early March 1941 during the Second World War, nearly two hundred young men from Sommelsdijk were incarcerated for one month because of insulting the German army and the Dutch police.
Sommelsdijk was a separate municipality until 1966, when it became part of Middelharnis.[3] Most recently, it was made part of the new municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee in 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 3245AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.