Feijenoord
Feijenoord | |
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Skyline of Kop van Zuid | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| City | Rotterdam |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.49 sq mi (6.44 km2) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 72,320 |
| • Density | 37,540/sq mi (14,493/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Website | www |
Feijenoord (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɛiənoːrt]) is a borough of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, south of the Nieuwe Maas. Feyenoord football club was formed there, but now play in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde.
It was a centre of shipbuilding in the nineteenth century, principally at the Fijenoord yard.