Sandelingen Ambacht is a polder about 12 km southeast of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

and a neighborhood of

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located on the island of IJsselmonde, and borders with Zwijndrecht, Ridderkerk, and the Noord River (with Alblasserdam and Papendrecht on the other side). The j ...

, South Holland.

History

Sandelingen Ambacht became a separate municipality in 1817, when it separated from

Rijsoord Rijsoord is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km southeast of the city of Rotterdam, in the municipality of Ridderkerk. Rijsoord was a separate municipality until 1855, when it merged with Ridderkerk ...

. In 1840, the community of Sandelingen Ambacht had 32 houses and 390 residents. In 1855 it merged into

References

Former municipalities of South Holland Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht {{SouthHolland-geo-stub