Blokland is a hamlet in the
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province of
South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of
Liemeer
250px, Location of Liemeer, until Jan. 2007.
Liemeer () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was merged into the municipality of Nieuwkoop on January 1, 2007.
The municipality covered an area ...
, and lies about 12 km northeast of
Alphen aan den Rijn.
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
The area Blokland, in which the hamlet is located, used to be part of
Uithoorn
Uithoorn () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Population centres
The municipality of Uithoorn consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: De Kwakel and Uithoorn.
''Dutc ...
, but became part of
Mijdrecht
Mijdrecht is a town in the Netherlands with about 16,000 residents. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, about west of the main A2 motorway, between Utrecht and Amsterdam.
The main street is the Dorpstraat, where most shops and ...
in 1811.
The eastern half of the area,
Polder Blokland, still is part of the municipality of
De Ronde Venen
De Ronde Venen (; ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Abcoude was amalgamated into De Ronde Venen.
Population centres
The municipality of De Ronde Venen consists of the villag ...
in the province of
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
(which includes Mijdrecht); the western half of the area, part of Polder
Zevenhoven, is part of
Liemeer
250px, Location of Liemeer, until Jan. 2007.
Liemeer () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was merged into the municipality of Nieuwkoop on January 1, 2007.
The municipality covered an area ...
in the province
South Holland. Confusingly, the hamlet itself lies in Polder Zevenhoven; the houses in Polder Blokland are part of the hamlets
Kromme Mijdrecht and
De Hoef.
References
Populated places in South Holland
Geography of Nieuwkoop
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