Editing Dirksland

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| official_name           = Dirksland
| settlement_type         = Village
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| native_name             = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = Dirksland Nederlands Hervormde Kerk 2011.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = [[Dutch Reformed Church]]
| image_flag              = Dirksland vlag.svg
| image_shield            = Dirksland wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Goeree-Overflakkee]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 3247AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 May 2022 }}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = 29.34
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{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=3 May 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 5,930
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 3247<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0187
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'''Dirksland''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdɪr(ə)kslɑnt|-|310 Dirksland.ogg}}) is a village and former municipality on [[Goeree-Overflakkee]] Island in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. The former municipality had a population of about 8,000 in 2007, and covered an area of about 74&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of which about 19&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> was water. The former municipality of Dirksland also included the communities of [[Herkingen]], and [[Melissant]]. On 1 January 2013, Dirksland merged with [[Goedereede]], [[Middelharnis]], and [[Oostflakkee]] into the new municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee.

The [[North Sea flood of 1953]] did not have as much of a destructive effect on Dirksland as the rest of the island, because Dirksland is somewhat higher. Dirksland is the largest of the three communities within the former municipality and also has the only hospital on Goeree-Overflakkee island. The Van Weel-Bethesda Hospital is one of the smallest in the country, but has an excellent reputation.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Dirksland can be recognized from a distance by the tallest water tower in the country. The towns are agriculturally focused and have several campgrounds for people who prefer a bit of rest over the busy [[Ouddorp]] area but still want to be close to shore. Dirksland has an inland harbor with a newly restored gate complex.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Dirksland Kopergravure.jpg|Engraving of Dirksland, ca. 1780.
Image:Netherlands-Dirksland-watertower.jpg|The [[watertower]] of Dirksland.
File:Dirksland molen De Eendracht.jpg|[[Windmill]] "De Eendracht" in Dirksland
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.geschiedenisvandirksland.com/ History of Dirksland]

{{Dutch municipality Goeree-Overflakkee}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2013]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Goeree-Overflakkee]]


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