Feijenoord (), not to be confused with the Feijenoord neighbourhood (which is located in the Feijenoord district), is a district in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

and is located south of the

Nieuwe Maas The Nieuwe Maas (; "New Meuse") is a distributary of the Rhine River, and a former distributary of the Maas River, in the Dutch province of South Holland. It runs from the confluence of the rivers Noord and Lek, and flows west through Rotterd ...

. As of 1 January 2004 there were 72,320 inhabitants. The area is 6.44 km² (1.45 km² of this is water). It is not the current home of the city's main football club,

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...

, which is now in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde. The district gained significance in the 19th century as a centre of

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to befo ...

, principally at the

Fijenoord Fijenoord () was a shipbuilding company and machine factory in Rotterdam the Netherlands from 1823 to 1929. In 1929 it merged with Wilton to become Wilton-Fijenoord. Early years First ships and activities of the NSM In 1822 a number of bus ...

yard.

Neighbourhoods in Feijenoord

* Afrikaanderwijk *

Bloemhof Bloemhof is an agricultural town of about 2,000 inhabitants situated on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province (South Africa), North West Province of South Africa. History It was founded in August 1864 when diamonds were discovered i ...

* Feijenoord * Hillesluis *

Katendrecht Katendrecht is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. It is located between the Rijnhaven and the Maashaven. Katendrecht was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1874, when it merged with Charlois Charlois () is a ...

* Kop van Zuid *

Noordereiland Noordereiland is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Noordereiland owes its name to the Noorderhaven (nowadays Koningshaven) which, under the leadership of C.B. van der Tak was dug between 1872 and 1874. By digging the Noorderhaven, the ...

* Vreewijk

Ethnicity

The majority of the population of Feijenoord are immigrants, approximately 36% of the population are Dutch natives, 8% are western immigrants and 56% are non-western immigrants. The biggest non-western immigrant groups are Moroccan (10%), Netherlands Antillean (4%), Surinamese (11%) and

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(19%).

Problematic neighbourhoods

According to a list made by Eberhard van der Laan (State Secretary of infrastructure), four out of the eight neighbourhoods in Feijenoord are amongst the most problematic neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. The

neighbourhood ranks at number 4 on the list, making it the most problematic neighbourhood in its district and the second in the south of

, followed by Hillesluis at rank 13, Afrikaanderwijk at rank 33 and Vreewijk at rank 44.

Poverty

Around 29% of the total population of Feijenoord lives on

welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...

, while the average for Rotterdam is 21%. Bloemhof and Hillesluis neighbourhoods have an unemployment rate above 40%, which is higher than the average for Rotterdam (13%) and the Netherlands (6%). 63% of the population of Feijenoord has a low level of educational attainment, compared to the Rotterdam average of 49%.

Images

File:Rotterdam Putsebocht 11-11-2006.jpg, Putsebocht in Bloemhof File:Rotterdam Beijerlandselaan zomer 2006.jpg, Beijerlandselaan in Hillesluis File:Rotterdam Mare Kerk van Jezus Christus der Heiligen der Laatste Dagen uit 1958-lente 2008.jpg,

LDS church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...

in Vreewijk File:Rotterdam Da Costaschool.jpg, Protestant school in Afrikaanderwijk (1909) File:Rotterdam Lange Hilleweg 02-12-2006.jpg, Lange Hilleweg in Bloemhof File:Gezicht op het pesthuis op Feijenoord 1804 Gemeente archief - Rotterdam - 20191060 - RCE.jpg,

Pest house A pest house, plague house, pesthouse or fever shed was a type of building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox or typhus. Often used for forcible quarantine, many towns and cities had one ...

in Feijenoord neighbourhood (1804) File:Rotterdam Lede-N.H.Vredeskerk 1933-2005 nu Serv.Orth.Drieeenheid Kerk 09-11-2006.jpg, Orthodox church in Vreewijk

References

External links

Official website

Boroughs of Rotterdam {{SouthHolland-geo-stub