page_title: Edam, Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: Edam, Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: English: Monumental buildings in Edam (Netherlands) Nederlands: Monumentale gebouwen in Edam
context_page_description: Edam is a town in the northwest Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,380 people live in Edam. The entire municipality of Edam-Volendam has 28,492 inhabitants. The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.
  Edam is famous as the original source of the cheese with the same name.
context_section_description: Edam ([eːˈdɑm] (listen)) is a town in the northwest Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,380 people live in Edam. The entire municipality of Edam-Volendam has 28,492 inhabitants. The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.
  Edam is famous as the original source of the cheese with the same name.
caption: Edam in 2010
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