Editing Sliedrecht

{{for|the Dutch tanker|Sliedrecht (tanker)}}
{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Sliedrecht
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Former city hall of Sliedrecht
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Sliedrecht in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.sliedrecht.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-b-w/collegeleden/bram-van-hemmen
 |title       = Bram van Hemmen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Sliedrecht
 |access-date  = 24 August 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130908145445/http://www.sliedrecht.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-b-w/collegeleden/bram-van-hemmen
 |archive-date = 8 September 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Dirk van der Borg]]
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Sliedrecht}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Sliedrecht}}
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| population_demonym      = Sliedrechter
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 3360–3364
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0184
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.sliedrecht.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Sliedrecht''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈslidrɛxt|-|357 Sliedrecht.ogg}}) is a town and municipality in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Sliedrecht}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Sliedrecht}}|km2|abbr=on}} is covered by water.

Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including [[Boskalis]] and IHC Merwede) that come from it. The Dredging Festival takes place in Sliedrecht every two years. The first [[IKEA]] store in the Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht in 1978, but it closed in 2006. Sliedrecht is also the site of the ''Nationaal Baggermuseum'' (National Dredging Museum) - featuring [[dredging]] and [[Marine salvage|salvage]].

==Topology==
[[File:Gem-Sliedrecht-OpenTopo.jpg|480px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Sliedrecht, June 2015''

==Public transportation==
[[Sliedrecht railway station]] and [[Sliedrecht Baanhoek railway station]] are situated on the [[Geldermalsen–Dordrecht railway]].

Waterbus route 2:
*[[Dordrecht]] Merwekade - Dordrecht Hooikade - [[Zwijndrecht, Netherlands|Zwijndrecht]] Veerplein - [[Papendrecht]] Veerdam - Papendrecht Oosteind - Hollandse [[Biesbosch]] - Sliedrecht  Middeldiep

== Notable people ==
[[File:Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruine.jpg|140px|thumb|Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruine, ca.1918]]
* [[Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne]] (1869–1941) was a Dutch politician and theologian
* [[Wina Born]] (1920–2001) was a Dutch journalist and writer of cooking books 
* [[Aad Nuis]] (1933–2007) was a Dutch politician and political scientist
* [[Bas van der Vlies]] (1942–2021) was a retired Dutch politician and teacher
* [[Jorien van den Herik]] (born 1943) is a Dutch business man, Chairman of [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]] 1992/2006
* [[Joop Hartog]] (born 1946) is a Dutch labour economist and academic
=== Sport ===
* [[Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls]] (1889–1932) was a Dutch fencer, team bronze medallist at the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] and [[1924 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Johan de Kock]] (born 1964) is a former Dutch football central defender with 449 club caps  
* [[Daniël Mensch]] (born 1978) is a Dutch rower, team silver medallist at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]

==See also==
*[[Niemandsvriend]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Gereformeerde kerk Sliedrecht - foto6 2010-06-27 15.29.jpg|Gereformeerde kerk Sliedrecht
File:Sliedrecht, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg|Sliedrecht
File:Sliedrecht aan de Beneden Merwede 2018 1.jpg|Sliedrecht aan de Beneden Merwede
</gallery>
{{wide image|Biesbosch banner.jpg|760px|Biesbosch}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links==
*[http://www.sliedrecht.nl Official website]
*[http://www.baggermuseum.nl/ Nationaal Baggermuseum]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Sliedrecht
|North     = [[Molenlanden]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Hardinxveld-Giessendam]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = ''[[Beneden Merwede]]''<br/>[[Dordrecht]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Papendrecht]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{South Holland Province}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Sliedrecht| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Alblasserwaard]]
[[Category:Drechtsteden]]


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