Everdingen is a former
municipality in the
Netherlands. Together with
Zijderveld and
Hagestein, it had been part of
Vianen municipality since 1986. Since 2019 it is a part of the municipality of
Vijfheerenlanden. It enjoys a strategic position on the Lekdijk to the south of the river
Lek. The eastern limits of Everdingen are marked by the Diefdijk, which also marks the municipal and provincial boundaries. Fort Everdingen was built nearby during the 19th century as a part of the
Hollandse Waterlinie.
Everdingen was originally a town in the province of
Gelderland but the boundary lines were redrawn in 1820 making it a part of
South Holland
South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...
. It transferred from that province when it came under the municipality of Vianen. It is now in the province of
Utrecht.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ]
Everdingen was mentioned as early as 1284 when the big landowners of the area were invited by the Lord of Everdingen to discuss and agree to the maintenance of the dikes.
These days Everdingen is mostly known from traffic information because of the nearby motorway intersection and bottleneck on the motorways A2 and A27.
Gallery
Image:Everdingen1.jpg, Church of Everdingen
File:Nieuwediefdijkcoupure.jpg, Coupure of the dike at the A2 motorway
File:Dorpshuis 't Knooppunt Everdingen P1490278.jpg, Village house
File:15442-fort everdingen.jpg, Fort Everdingen
References
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Former municipalities of South Holland
Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Vijfheerenlanden