About the town » Goedereede, Gemeente Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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Goedereede is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality had a population of about 11,000 in 2010, and covered an area of about 154 km² of which about 83 km² was water. It consisted of the west part of the island of Goeree-Overflakkee. Goedereede merged with Dirksland, Middelharnis, and Oostflakkee into the new municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee on January 1, 2013. The former municipality of Goeree also includes the communities of, from west to east, Ouddorp, Goedereede, Oostdijk, and Stellendam. The Brouwersdam is a dam, part of the Delta Works, from the island Goeree-Overflakkee to Schouwen-Duiveland, in Zeeland. The Haringvlietsluizen are floodgates, also part of the Delta Works, from Goedereede to the border of Westvoorne and Hellevoetsluis on the island of Voorne-Putten. Goedereede received city rights in 1312. From Sir Gereart van Voorne. Income consists mainly of tourism and fishery. Because of the extended beach close by, Ouddorp has a large number of camping grounds. Ouddorp, Goedereede and Stellendam have all an extended fishing fleet.