Feijenoord

Feijenoord

province	South Holland
local community	Rotterdam
Area  - land  - water	8.55  km 2 6.64 km 2 1.91 km 2
Residents	74,040 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates	51 ° 54 '  N , 4 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '  N , 4 ° 31'  E
Important traffic route	S 120 S 122 S 123 S 125
prefix	010
Postcodes	3071-3075, 3083
Location of the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam

Location Feijenoords in the city area (green)

Feijenoord is a municipality of Rotterdam . The district is located on the southern bank of the Nieuwe Maas opposite the city center. 74,040 inhabitants live in it on 8.55 km², of which 1.91 km² are water.

Feijenoord developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries when the port of Rotterdam expanded rapidly after the completion of the Nieuwe Waterweg . The port grew on the south side of the Nieuwe Maas, numerous workers settled there, so that the quarter became a working-class area.

After the port moved further and further west towards the North Sea after the Second World War and the containerization also ensured that only a fraction of the workers were needed in the port, the district increasingly fell into disrepair. The Katendrecht district in Feijenoord degenerated from a general seaman's and entertainment district into a pure red light district. Since the 1990s, the part of Feijenoord closest to the city center, the Kop van Zuid , has been the target of an ambitious urban renewal program.

Internationally he is best known for the local sports club Feyenoord Rotterdam , which plays its home games in De Kuip .

In Feijenoord you will find the Essalam Mosque , the largest mosque in the Netherlands and Western Europe.

Web links

Commons : Feijenoord  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 10, 2018 (Dutch)