Cromstrijen (; ''Cromstrien'' in local dialect) was a municipality on the
Hoeksche Waard
The Hoekse Waard (; pre-1947 spelling: Hoeksche Waard) is an island between the Oude Maas, Dordtsche Kil, Hollands Diep, Haringvliet and Spui rivers in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The island, part of the namesake munic ...
Island in the western
Netherlands
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, in the province of
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 ...
. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. It was formed on 1 January 1984, when the municipalities on the Hoeksche Waard were merged into larger municipalities. On 1 January 2019 it was merged with the municipalities of
Binnenmaas
Binnenmaas () was a 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. It is named after the lake of the same name.
The municipality was ...
,
Korendijk
Korendijk () was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which was water.
With the municipal reorganization of the Hoeksche Waard on 1 January 1984, the municipality of ...
,
Oud-Beijerland
Oud-Beijerland () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, now a part of the Hoeksche Waard municipality. With a population of 24,575 in 2020, it is the most populous town of the Hoeksche Waard ...
, and
Strijen to form the municipality of
Hoeksche Waard
The Hoekse Waard (; pre-1947 spelling: Hoeksche Waard) is an island between the Oude Maas, Dordtsche Kil, Hollands Diep, Haringvliet and Spui rivers in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The island, part of the namesake munic ...
.
The municipality of Cromstrijen consists of the communities
Klaaswaal and
Numansdorp (townhall).
Its population was in .
Topography
![Gem-Cromstrijen-OpenTopo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gem-Cromstrijen-OpenTopo.jpg)
''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cromstrijen, June 2015''
See also
References
External links
Official website
Hoeksche Waard
Former municipalities of South Holland
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019
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