Kedichem

Kedichem is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located about 7 km northeast of the city of Gorinchem, in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden.

Kedichem
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°51′36″N 5°3′1″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceUtrecht
MunicipalityVijfheerenlanden
Population
 (1 januari 2006)
860
Postcode
4247
Area code0183
Kedichem, church

Kedichem was a separate municipality in the province of South Holland until 1986, when it merged with Leerdam.[1] In the same year Kedichem became nationally known in The Netherlands when extreme leftwing activists burned down a hotel there to prevent a joined meeting of the nationalist Centre Party and Centre Democrats parties, causing a number of injuries.[2]

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  2. Bert Klandermans, Nonna Mayer. Extreme right activists in Europe: through the magnifying glass. p. 39.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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