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Zuid-Holland Oost
Zuid-Holland Oost (literally ''East South Holland'') is an official region of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The region consists of the following subregions: * Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden, municipalities: Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, and Molenlanden. * Gouwestreek, municipalities: Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Gouda, Waddinxveen, Zuidplas, and Boskoop (former municipality) * Krimpenerwaard (region), municipality: Krimpenerwaard Krimpen aan den IJssel also belongs to the Krimpenerwaard region, but is part of Rijnmond. * Rijnstreek, municipalities: Alphen aan den Rijn (incl. Rijnwoude), Nieuwkoop, and Jacobswoude (former municipality) See also * Rijnmond * Zuid-Holland West * Zuid-Holland Zuid Zuid-Holland Zuid (literally ''South South Holland'') is an official region of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It consists of the following subregions: * Drechtsteden, municipalities: Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht ... Notes Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Holland
South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. Situated on the North Sea in the west of the Netherlands, South Holland covers an area of , of which is water. It borders North Holland to the north, Utrecht and Gelderland to the east, and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south. The provincial capital is the Dutch seat of government The Hague, while its largest city is Rotterdam. The Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta drains through South Holland into the North Sea. Europe's busiest seaport, the Port of Rotterdam, is located in South Holland. History Early history Archaeological discoveries in Hardinxveld-Giessendam indicate that the area of South Holland has been inhabited since at least c. 7,500 years before present, probably by nomadic hunter-gatherers. Agriculture and perman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krimpenerwaard (region)
Krimpenerwaard () is a municipality, a region and a former water board of the Netherlands. It is a rural area located in the east of the province of South Holland, just south of Gouda and east of the Rotterdam conurbation. It is bordered on the north by the river Hollandse IJssel, on the south by the river Lek and on the east by the stream Vlist. Krimpenerwaard obtains its name from the fact that "Krimp" used to mean a bend in a river and "Waard" is the Dutch word for an interfluvial area between the winter dikes of different river channels (in this case, the Lek and the Hollandse IJssel). There are other such ''waarden'' in this area. The Lopikerwaard lies to the east; the Zuidplaspolder to the west. The name Krimpenerwaard first appeared in the historical records in 944. The municipality is named after the region Krimpenerwaard and was formed by a merger of the municipalities of Nederlek, Ouderkerk, Vlist, Bergambacht and Schoonhoven on 1 January 2015. Geography The towns an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuid-Holland Zuid
Zuid-Holland Zuid (literally ''South South Holland'') is an official region of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It consists of the following subregions: * Drechtsteden, municipalities: Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Papendrecht, Sliedrecht, and Zwijndrecht * Goeree-Overflakkee, municipality: Goeree-Overflakkee * Hoeksche Waard, municipality: Hoeksche Waard See also * Rijnmond * Zuid-Holland Oost * Zuid-Holland West Zuid-Holland West (literally ''West South Holland'') is an official region of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It consists of the following subregions: * Haaglanden, municipalities: Delft, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Midden-Delfland, ... References *Zuid-Holland Zuid Province of South Holland {{SouthHolland-geo-stub Regions of the Netherlands Regions of South Holland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuid-Holland West
Zuid-Holland West (literally ''West South Holland'') is an official region of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It consists of the following subregions: * Haaglanden, municipalities: Delft, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Midden-Delfland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Rijswijk, The Hague, Wassenaar, Westland and Zoetermeer * Regio Holland Rijnland, municipalities: Hillegom, Kaag en Braassem,Although the former municipality of Jacobswoude makes part of Kaag en Braassem, it belongs to the Rijnstreek. Katwijk, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Lisse, Noordwijk, Oegstgeest, Teylingen, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude See also * Rijnmond * Zuid-Holland Oost * Zuid-Holland Zuid Zuid-Holland Zuid (literally ''South South Holland'') is an official region of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It consists of the following subregions: * Drechtsteden, municipalities: Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, ... Notes References *Zuid-Holland West Province of South Holland Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobswoude
Jacobswoude () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, now part of municipality Kaag en Braassem. Before the merger with Alkemade, the municipality covered an area of 41.37 km² (25.71 mile²) of which 4.88 km² (3.03 mile²) is water, mainly the lakes Braassemermeer and Wijde Aa. It consisted of the communities Bilderdam, Hoogmade, Leimuiden, Rijnsaterwoude, and Woubrugge, all located around the above-mentioned lakes. It had a population of 10,692 on 1 January 2004. Jacobswoude is located in the center of the ''Groene Hart'' (Green Heart), the slightly less densely populated center area of the Randstad. Inhabitants of Jacobswoude depend on Alphen aan den Rijn, Leiden and Amsterdam for facilities not offered in the smaller villages. Most of its inhabitants commute daily to one of the larger cities in the region for work. Jacobswoude was administratively created on 1 January, 1991, by merging the municipalities of Leim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieuwkoop
Nieuwkoop () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar. The municipality now covers an area of of which is water. Its population was in . On May 3rd, 2008, the Dutch newspaper ''Algemeen Dagblad'' published an article which stated that Nieuwkoop is the safest municipality of the Netherlands. The municipality of Nieuwkoop includes the following communities: History The oldest part of Nieuwkoop are the buildings along the ''Nieuwkoopse Plassen'' (Nieuwkoop's Ponds), many of which are completely surrounded by water and accessible over individual bridges to the main road. The Nieuwkoopse Plassen are shallow lakes that were dug for peat harvesting in the 16th century and are now designated as a natural monument. New neighborhoods north-west of the main road are built after World War II. Notable people * John of Leiden (1509 in Zevenho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijnwoude
Rijnwoude () was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which was water. Rijnwoude was formed in 1991 as Rijneveld through the merger of the former municipalities of Benthuizen, Hazerswoude and Koudekerk aan den Rijn. In 1993 the municipality was renamed to Rijnwoude. In 2014 the municipality was dissolved and its land area was amalgamated into Alphen aan den Rijn. The municipality of Rijnwoude consisted of the communities Benthorn, Benthuizen, Hazerswoude-Dorp, Groenendijk, Hazerswoude-Rijndijk (location of town hall), Hogeveen, and Koudekerk aan den Rijn Koudekerk aan den Rijn (English: ''Cold Church upon Rhine'') is a village located in the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. It is located about 4 km west of the urban centre, in the Pro .... References Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1993 Municipalities of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphen Aan Den Rijn
Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the river Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn also includes the communities of Aarlanderveen, Zwammerdam, and Boskoop. The city is located in what is called the ' Green Heart' of the Netherlands, which is a somewhat less densely populated centre area of the Randstad. The name "Alphen" is probably derived from the name of the Roman fort '' Albaniana'', meaning "settlement at the white water". Its remains still lie underneath the city centre. History The area around Alphen aan den Rijn has been inhabited for 2000 years. In the Roman era, the Oude Rijn was the main branch of the Rhine River and formed the north border of the Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijnstreek
The Rijnstreek (literally, the "Rhine Region") is a small region in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It includes the municipalities of Alphen aan den Rijn (situated on the Oude Rijn, a tributary of the Rhine) (incl. Rijnwoude) and Nieuwkoop, and also the former municipality of Jacobswoude Jacobswoude () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, now part of municipality Kaag en Braassem. Before the merger with Alkemade, the municipality covered an area of 41.37 km² (25.71 mile²) .... Regions of the Netherlands Regions of South Holland {{coord missing, Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijnmond
Rijnmond () (literally ''Rhine Mouth, Mouth of the Rhine, Rhine Estuary'') is the conurbation surrounding the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Another term used in this context is ''Stadsregio Rotterdam'' (literally ''Rotterdam Urban Region'' or more conventionally ''Greater Rotterdam Area''). Located on the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, the region has a combined population of 1,242,378 as of 2016. The term Rijnmond is used in the security region Rotterdam-Rijnmond, it exists out of the following municipalities: Albrandswaard, Barendrecht, Brielle, Capelle aan den IJssel, Goeree-Overflakkee, Hellevoetsluis, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Lansingerland, Maassluis, Nissewaard, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Schiedam, Vlaardingen en Westvoorne. Number of inhabitants per municipality See also * Zuid-Holland Oost * Zuid-Holland West * Zuid-Holland Zuid References External links *Rijnmond Province of South Holland {{coord, 51.8950, N, 4.3791, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krimpen Aan Den IJssel
Krimpen aan den IJssel () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. History Krimpen is first mentioned in a document from 1277. Like other hamlets, many different spellings of its name have occurred over time, among which the name ''Tingenijssel'' deviated the most from today's spelling. The municipality is on the south shore of the river Hollandse IJssel. For many centuries, the only buildings in Krimpen were farm houses built along the river dike. They formed more or less autonomous communities along the dike. Before the 20th century, the two principal industrial employers were the brick factory ''Mijnlieff'' and the shipyard ''Van der Giessen de Noord''. In the beginning of the 20th century development began inland from the river dikes, and the municipality began to lose its agricultural character. During the North Sea flood of 1953, the tidal b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krimpenerwaard
Krimpenerwaard () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality, a List of regions of the Netherlands, region and a former Water board (Netherlands), water board of the Netherlands. It is a rural area located in the east of the province of South Holland, just south of Gouda, South Holland, Gouda and east of the Rotterdam conurbation. It is bordered on the north by the river Hollandse IJssel, on the south by the river Lek River, Lek and on the east by the stream Vlist. Krimpenerwaard obtains its name from the fact that "Krimp" used to mean a bend in a river and "Waard" is the Dutch word for an interfluvial area between the winter dikes of different river channels (in this case, the Lek and the Hollandse IJssel). There are other such ''waarden'' in this area. The Lopikerwaard lies to the east; the Zuidplaspolder to the west. The name Krimpenerwaard first appeared in the historical records in 944. The municipality is named after the region Krimpenerwaard and was for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
