Durgerdam

Durgerdam
Durgerdam
	Village
	Durgerdam
	Durgerdam in the municipality of Amsterdam.
	Coordinates: 52°23′N 4°59′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Amsterdam
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJsselmeer.

Durgerdam is a part of the deelgemeente (sub-municipality) Amsterdam-Noord. The village has about 430 inhabitants.[1]

Durgerdam was a separate municipality between 1 May 1817, and 1 January 1818, when it was merged with Ransdorp.[2]

Durgerdam hosted the second "Pit Stop" on The Amazing Race 12, a reality television show that circles the globe.

References

Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004 Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine: postcode 1026BX, BZ, CA to CM.
Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

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[CBS-1] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004 Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine: postcode 1026BX, BZ, CA to CM.

[2] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.