Kekerdom

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| name = Kekerdom

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Kekerdom, de Laurentiuskerk RM35817 vanaf de Duffeltdijk IMG 7890 2020-11-07 13.00.jpg

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| image_caption = Church of Kekerdom

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Berg en Dal

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Gelderland

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6579AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 19 March 2022 |archive-date = 7 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107071614/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead }}

| elevation_m = 12

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| area_total_km2 = 5.35

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=19 March 2022}}

| population_total = 485

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 6579

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 024

| coordinates = {{coord|51|52|N|6|00|E|display=title, inline|region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

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Kekerdom is a village in the municipality of Berg en Dal in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. Kekerdom has 550 inhabitants (2008).

It was first mentioned between 814 and 815 as Cacradesheim, and means "settlement of Cacrad (person)".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/kekerdom |title=Kekerdom - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=nl}} In 1840, it was home to 351 people. World War II was reasonably quiet in Kekerdom until Operation Market Garden in September 1944. The village was in the line of fire. The Germans tried to flood the polder to delay the allied advance, and ordered the villagers to leave on 20 October. They arrived in Marum, Groningen where they were given shelter.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/kekerdom |title=Kekerdom |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=nl}} The gristmill De Duffelt was constructed in 1870 and rebuilt in 1938.{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=232 |title=De Duffelt |website=Molen database |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=nl}}