Oudorp
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Oudorp
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood and former village
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| native_name =
| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = Image:Ambachtsmolen-Alkmaar.jpg
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| image_caption = Windmill "Ambachtsmolen" in Oudorp
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| image_shield = Wapen_van-Haasdal_1174-.svg
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|North Holland}}
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Alkmaar}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1823AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 28 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.6
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| area_total_km2 = 6.35
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/85318NED/table?dl=74E91 |title=CBS Statline|website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 December 2022}}
| population_total = 13,665
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_demonym = Oudorper
| population_note =
| population_density_km2 = 2,338
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 1821-1823 & 1829
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 072
| coordinates = {{coord|52|37|59|N|4|46|25|E|region:NL|display=title, inline}}
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Oudorp ({{IPA|nl|ˈʌudɔr(ə)p}}) is a neighbourhood of Alkmaar and former village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located about {{convert|2|km|0|abbr=on}} east of the city centre. The village merged with Alkmaar{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/oudorp |title=Oudorp |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}} in 1972.{{fact|date=February 2024}}
History
The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Aldenthorf, and means "old village".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/oudorp |title=Oudorp - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}} Oudorp developed on a beach wall. Between 1278 and 1288, the castles Middelburg and Nieuwburg were built by order of Floris V, Count of Holland. Both castles were destroyed in 1517.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0138.php |title=Outdorp |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=28 April 2022}} During the Siege of Alkmaar in 1573, the Spanish army was stationed in Oudorp.
The Dutch Reformed church is built on a terp (artificial living hill). It was damaged by war in 1573, and the nave was reconstructed in the late-16th century. In 1858, it was extensively modified. The tower collapsed in 1867, and the front of the church was later rebuilt. Four of the six original polder mills which were built around 1630 still exists.
Oudorp was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1972, when it was annexed with Alkmaar.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}
Oudorp was home to 225 people in 1840. It has become more of a neighbourhood of Alkmaar ever since in the 1970s and the 1980s the area around it had been built up to become a residential area. The residential area connected Oudorp with the city of Alkmaar.
Gallery
File:Huizen Schermereiland Eilandswal Oudorp.JPG|Houses in Oudorp
File:Gem. mon. Herenweg 86, Oudorp1.JPG|House in Oudorp
File:Flatgebouwen in aanbouw Tussen ongeveer de jaren 1960 en 1990 heeft de Afdeling Monumentenzorg van d - RAA-DMGA-00525 - RAA Elsinga.jpg|Construction of modern apartment buildings in Oudorp (1980)
File:Voormalig Raadhuis Oudorp.JPG|Former town hall
References
External links
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{{Dutch municipality Alkmaar}}
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Category:Former municipalities of North Holland