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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Moerdijk

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = NL Moerdijk municipality Zevenbergen city IMG 2832.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Aerial view over Moerdijk (Zevenbergen in centre)

| image_flag = Flag of Moerdijk.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Moerdijk wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1709 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Moerdijk in a municipal map of North Brabant

| map_caption = Location in North Brabant

| coordinates = {{coord|51|39|N|4|36|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.moerdijk.nl/web/College-van-B-en-W/Portefeuilleverdeling-College.html

|title = Portefeuilleverdeling College

|trans-title=Task division board

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Moerdijk

|access-date = 30 May 2014}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = VVD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Aart-Jan Moerkerke

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Moerdijk}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Moerdijk}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Moerdijk}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 4761BJ

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 30 May 2014}}

| elevation_m = 1

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| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Moerdijk}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Moerdijk}}

| population_demonym =

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 4758–4797

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0168

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.moerdijk.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Moerdijk ({{IPA|nl|muːrˈdɛik|-|211 Moerdijk.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.

History

The municipality of Moerdijk was founded in 1997 following the merger of the municipalities of Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klundert, Standdaarbuiten, Willemstad, and Zevenbergen. At that time the new municipality was called Zevenbergen. The name changed to Moerdijk on 1 April 1998.

Population centres

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=Topography=

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Moerdijk, June 2015

= The village of Moerdijk =

The village of Moerdijk is one of the smaller villages of the municipality. Population as of 2002 is 1,205. Moerdijk is however a well-known name in the Netherlands, because of the large Moerdijk industrial area, with a large power plant, and because of the well-known Moerdijk bridges (highway and railway bridges) across the Hollands Diep. This was the last bridge available for the retreat from the vital Scheldt Estuary of the rapidly collapsing German defences near Antwerp in World War II. (Noteworthy as well, the Moerdijk bridges were one of the first targets of guided, or "smart bombs"- by American heavy bombers in late 1944.)

Moerdijk made headlines on 5 January 2011 because of a large fire at Chemie-Pack (a firm processing numerous chemicals) causing a large cloud of toxic smoke to blow over the surrounding area, mostly to the north of Moerdijk.

Above the Moerdijk (meaning "north of Moerdijk") is used as an expression in Belgium and the southern parts of the Netherlands to mean "in the Netherlands" or "in Holland".

Below the Moerdijk (meaning "south of Moerdijk" or "below the major rivers") is also a Dutch expression for the Catholic provinces North Brabant and Limburg. This expression is used particularly around Mardi Gras in relation to the region's traditional carnival culture, which (with a few local exceptions) does not exist north of the major rivers.

Over de Moerdijk (meaning "across the Moerdijk") is used by either party to mean the other one.

= Zevenbergen =

Zevenbergen is the largest town of the municipality (population {{As of|2002|lc=on}}: 14,006). It is located about 10 km northwest of Breda. It received city rights in 1427.

Zevenbergen has a train station with connections to Dordrecht and Roosendaal.

Transport

{{Railway Dordrecht to Roosendaal}}

Close to Hollands Diep, the area is now used for industrial movements by water, with great inland access as well the access into the North Sea, transport company Van der Vlist have their own port located in the area, and many other transport companies have nearby offices.

Notable people

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= Sport =

Gallery

File:59. Vue de Willemsdorp, et du passage du Moerdyk pendant l'hiver.jpg|Vue de Willemsdorp, et du passage du Moerdyk

File:Verdediging van de schans of fort Noordam bij Zevenbergen in 1590 door het Staatse leger onder Matthijs Helt tegen het Spaanse leger onder graaf Karel van Mansfeld (Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo).jpg|Defense of the Fort Noordam in 1590 against the Spanish army

File:Afbeelding Helwijk 1723.jpg|Landmeterskaart van de polder van West Heijningen, 1723

References

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External links

  • {{Commons category-inline}}
  • {{Official website|http://www.moerdijk.nl}}

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Moerdijk

| North = Hoeksche Waard (ZH)
Hollands Diep

| Northeast = Dordrecht (ZH)
Hollands Diep

| East = Drimmelen

| Southeast = Breda

| South = Halderberge, Etten-Leur

| Southwest = Steenbergen

| West = Goeree-Overflakkee (ZH) / Volkerak

}}

{{Dutch municipality Moerdijk}}

{{North Brabant Province}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Municipalities of North Brabant

Category:Populated places in North Brabant

Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998

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