Didam

Didam
Centre Didam

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Didam
Location within the Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°56′N 6°08′E / 51.933°N 6.133°E / 51.933; 6.133Coordinates: 51°56′N 6°08′E / 51.933°N 6.133°E / 51.933; 6.133
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Municipality Montferland
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode 6940–6942
Area code 0316

Didam (locally, Diem) is a town in the Netherlands in the eastern of Netherlands in the region of “De Liemers”, province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland, about 18 km east of Arnhem which is the capital of the province. And about 11 km west from Doetinchem.

People in Didam speak a dialect called "diems", and many people speak achterhoeks (which is the dialect of the region "Achterhoek") which is very similar to diems. These two dialect are part of the nedersaksies.

Didam was a separate municipality until 1 January 2005, when it merged with Bergh to create the new municipality of Montferland.[1]

Transportation

The Didam railway station was opened on 15 July 1885 and is located on the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway line.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.


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