Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ...

Population centres

• Cothen
• Langbroek
• Wijk bij Duurstede

Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. ...

The city of Wijk bij Duurstede

The city (population as of 2001: 17,600) is located on the Rhine. At Wijk bij Duurstede, the Kromme Rijn branches off, and the main branch is called Lek River downstream from Wijk. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ... Satellite image of the central part of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing the city of Utrecht and its surroundings, including the Kromme Rijn branch (b). ... Satellite image of the east bit of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing river Lek (e) — the Kromme Rijn stream is too small to show up on this picture. ...

The name 'Wijk bij Duurstede' means 'neighbourhood near Duurstede'. Duurstede is the name of the nearby castle/ruin, where the bishop of Utrecht used to live. Wijk bij Duurstede is located at the place where Dorestad used to be, an important trade settlement, that was pillaged around 850 by the Vikings. In the early Middle Ages, Dorestad, was one of the most important and flourishing cities in The Netherlands. ... Events April 20 - Guntherus becomes Bishop of Cologne. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ...

Wijk bij Duurstede received city rights in 1315. City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... Events August 13 - Louis X of France marries Clemence dAnjou. ...

External link

• Official Website