Oud-Kamerik
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oud-Kamerik | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
 | |
  Oud-Kamerik Location in the Netherlands  Oud-Kamerik Oud-Kamerik (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°09′18″N 4°54′07″E / 52.15500°N 4.90194°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Municipality | Woerden |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3471[1] |
| Dialing code | 0348[1] |
Oud-Kamerik is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden, and lies about 6 km northwest of the city of Woerden.
It consists of a number of farms in the Polder Kamerik-Teylingens, east of the villages of Kamerik and Kanis. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1296 as Oldecamerike. It uses oud (old) to distinguish from Kamerik[2] which has been named after Cambrai in France.[3] It is not a statistical entity,[4] and the postal authorities have placed it under Kamerik.[1] Oud-Kamerik has no place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 206 people. Nowadays, it consists of about 60 houses.[5]
-Flag.svg){kind=small}