Papendrecht () is a town and municipality in the western

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, in the province of

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

, at the crossing of the River

Beneden Merwede The Beneden Merwede () is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, mainly fed by the river Rhine. It starts as the continuation of the Boven Merwede after the branching-off of the Nieuwe Merwede ship canal. It flows from Hardinxveld-Giessendam to D ...

and the

Noord River The Noord ("North") is a short tidal river in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The Noord starts at the city of Dordrecht where the Beneden Merwede river forks into the Oude Maas and the Noord. It joins the Lek at the ...

. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water. Although Papendrecht is first mentioned in documents dating back to 1105, it remained a small settlement until the 1950s. In the 1960s its development accelerated and almost its entire area is now urbanized. It is, however, known for its 180-year-old linden tree by the river.

Economy

The largest company headquartered in Papendrecht is

Royal Boskalis Westminster Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a Dutch dredging and heavylift company that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure internationally. The company has one of the world's largest dredging fleets, ...

. The aerospace company

Fokker Technologies Fokker Technologies is a Dutch aerospace company owned by British aerospace supplier GKN. The company has production companies which design, develop and produce structures, landing gear and electrical systems for the aerospace and defense indus ...

is also headquartered in Papendrecht. Detail papendrecht wikipedia

Transportation

Papendrecht has three

water taxi A water taxi or a water bus is a watercraft used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or o ...

stops, one at the

River, one at the

, and one near Kooihaven. Bus services are provided by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Qliner ( part of Arriva ) has got a stop in Papendrecht for its bus service from

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

and back.

Notable people

Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis __NOTOC__ Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis (22 May 1864 – 21 September 1953) was a Dutch explorer and physician who travelled extensively in central Borneo in the 1890s, recording valuable ethnographic information about the Dayak people and making b ...

(1864–1953) a Dutch explorer and physician, studied the

Dayak people The Dayak (; older spelling: Dajak) or Dyak or Dayuh are one of the native groups of Borneo. It is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic groups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo, each ...

Carel Visser Carel Nicolaas Visser (3 May 1928 – 1 March 2015) was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture. Life and work Visser was born on 3 May 1928 in Papendrecht. From 194 ...

(1928-2015) a Dutch abstract-minimalist, constructivist sculptor *

Jan Klijnjan Jan Klijnjan (26 February 1945 – 15 June 2022)

(born 1945) a Dutch former international footballer with over 300 club caps *

Ronald Bandell Ronald Johan Gottlieb Bandell (24 August 1946 – 16 November 2015) was a Dutch civil servant and politician of the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and later the Labour Party (PvdA). Bandell was born in Gouda. He was mayor of Moordrecht (1977 ...

(1946–2015) a Dutch civil servant and politician, Mayor of Papendrecht 1987-1995 *

Yolanda Hadid Yolanda Hadid (; van den Herik; formerly Foster; born ) is a Dutch-born American television personality and former model. She is best known as a star of the American reality-television show ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills''. She is mothe ...

(born 1964) a Dutch-American TV personality and former model *

Guido van der Werve Guido van der Werve (born 1977) is a Dutch filmmaker and visual artist. Personal details Van der Werve was born in Papendrecht, the Netherlands and currently lives and works in Finland and Berlin. He pursued studies in industrial design, archae ...

(born 1977) a Dutch filmmaker and visual artist IMDb Database
retrieved 03 February 2020 *

Liza van der Most Liza Estefany van der Most (born 8 October 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as defender for AFC Ajax in the Eredivisie and the Netherlands women's national football team. Club career As youth player, she played at VV Papendrecht before s ...

(born 1993) a Dutch footballer, who has played 137 games for

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...

women * Julia Bergshoeff (born 1997) a Dutch fashion model

Gallery

File:Overzicht voorgevels - Papendrecht - 20369670 - RCE.jpg, Overzicht voorgevels - Papendrecht File:Papendrecht, kerk2 foto5 2010-06-27 17.00.JPG, Papendrecht, kerk File:PapendrechtKasba05.JPG, Papendrecht Kasba File:Sliedrecht halte waterbus.jpg, Sliedrecht halte waterbus

References

External links

Official WebsiteCulturele Raad Papendrecht, the Local Arts Council
Municipalities of South Holland Populated places in South Holland Alblasserwaard Drechtsteden {{SouthHolland-geo-stub