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Snelrewaard
Hamlet
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Coordinates: 52°1′59″N 4°55′1″E / 52.03306°N 4.91694°E / 52.03306; 4.91694
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Municipality	Oudewater Montfoort
Area
• Total	9.72 km (3.75 sq mi)
Elevation	−0.1 m (−0.3 ft)
Population
• Total	780
• Density	80/km (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3425
Dialing code	0348

Snelrewaard is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 2 km east of the city of Oudewater. A small part of the hamlet is in Montfoort.

Snelrewaard was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1989, when it was merged with Oudewater.

It was first mentioned around 1307 as Snoyelrewaert, and means "land near water belonging to Snel (polder)". Snelrewaard has place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 140 people.

Gallery

• Farm in Snelrewaard
• Farm in Snelrewaard
• Milk churns

References

1. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 3425EJ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
3. ^ "Snelrewaard". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
4. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
5. "Snelrewaard - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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