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About Gorinchem

Gorinchem pronounced and sometimes written as Gorcum or Gorkum, is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. 36,679 people live on an area of ​​22.01 km². Dalem also belongs to the municipality of Gorinchem. The well-preserved fortified city is located in the center of Gorinchem. Gorinchem is situated on the rivers Linge and Boven-Merwede, with Sleeuwijk and Woudrichem on the other side. The municipality has a station on the western MerwedeLingelijn. The A15 national road runs north of Gorinchem, which is bundled with the Betuwe Route. To the west of the city, the A27 national road runs with the Merwedebrug as the bottleneck.

It is assumed that Gorinchem was founded around the year 1000 by fishermen and farmers setting up a settlement on somewhat higher ground near a mouth of the Linge in the Merwede. Gorinchem Gorinks Heem", ie the home of the Goringa, the people of Goro is first mentioned in a document from 1224 in which Floris IV de Gorcumers toll freedom in the entire county Holland confirms.

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