SOUTH HOLLAND

'South Holland' (Dutch: ) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. It is the most densely populated and industrialised of the Dutch provinces. Neighbouring provinces are Zeeland to the southwest, North Brabant to the southeast, Gelderland to the east, Utrecht to the northeast and North Holland to the north.
It contains the major cities of The Hague (''Den Haag'' or 's-Gravenhage'') (the seat of government of the country and the seat of the International Court of Justice) and Rotterdam. Dordrecht, Leiden, Delft and Gouda have town centers with many 17th-century buildings. Katwijk has its city center situated near the beach. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours. Zoetermeer is a very new city, most of it was developed in 1970. Other New Towns are Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis and Spijkenisse, all three situated in the vicinity of Rotterdam.
South Holland makes up one region of the ISO world region code system, having the code -ZH. Rivers and other bodies of water include the Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, and Hollands Diep.

Contents

History

Municipalities

Links to municipalities arranged according to location

Islands

Subdivisions

See also

External links

History

The province South Holland was formed in 1840, when the province Holland was split into northern (North Holland) and southern parts. Since then, South Holland has ceded three municipalities to the province of Utrecht: Oudewater in 1970, Woerden in 1989, and Vianen in 2002.

Municipalities

South Holland is divided into 72 municipalities (before 2006: 86, before 2007: 77) (here with shopping evenings in parentheses, and links to maps in brackets):
# Alblasserdam [1]
# Albrandswaard [2]
# Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr) [3]
# Alphen aan den Rijn (fr) [4]
# Barendrecht [5]
# Bergambacht [6]
# Bernisse [7]
# Binnenmaas
# Bodegraven [8]
# Boskoop [9]
# Brielle [10]
# Capelle aan den IJssel [11]
# Cromstrijen [12]
# Delft (fr) [13]
# Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
# Dirksland [14]
# Dordrecht [15]
# Giessenlanden [16]
# Goedereede [17]
# Gorinchem [18]
# Gouda [19]
# Graafstroom
# Hardinxveld-Giessendam [20]
# Hellevoetsluis [21]
# Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht [22]
# Hillegom (th) [23]
# Jacobswoude [24]
# Katwijk (th, except Hoornes-Rijnsoever and Koestal: fr) [25]
# Korendijk [26]
# Krimpen aan den IJssel [27]
# Lansingerland
# Leerdam [28]
# Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr) [29]
# Leiderdorp (fr) [30]
# Leidschendam-Voorburg [31]
# Liesveld
# Lisse (th) [32]
# Maassluis [33]
# Middelharnis [34]
# Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
# Moordrecht [35]
# Nederlek [36]
# Nieuw-Lekkerland [37]
# Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel [38]
# Nieuwkoop [39]
# Noordwijk (th) [40]
# Noordwijkerhout (fr) [41]
# Oegstgeest (fr) [42]
# Oostflakkee [43]
# Oud-Beijerland [44]
# Ouderkerk [45]
# Papendrecht [46]
# Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
# Reeuwijk [47]
# Ridderkerk [48]
# Rijnwoude [49]
# Rijswijk [50]
# Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
# Rozenburg [51]
# Schiedam [52]
# Schoonhoven [53]
# Sliedrecht [54]
# Spijkenisse [55]
# Strijen [56]
# Vlaardingen [57]
# Vlist [58]
# Voorschoten (fr) [59]
# Waddinxveen [60]
# Wassenaar [61]
# Westland (until 2004 De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen)
# Westvoorne [62]
# Zederik [63]
# Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle [64]
# Zoetermeer (th) [65]
# Zoeterwoude [66]
# Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam [67], [68]
On 1 January 2004 the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen were merged into a new municipality Westland, and Maasland and Schipluiden to another one, Midden-Delfland.
On 1 January 2006 Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond were merged into Teylingen, and Rijnsburg and Valkenburg were merged into Katwijk.
On 1 January 2007 Ter Aar and Liemeer were merged into Nieuwkoop, Bleiswijk, Berkel en Rodenrijs and Bergschenhoek were merged into a new municipallity Lansingerland and 's-Gravendeel was merged into Binnenmaas.

Links to municipalities arranged according to location

Hillegom
Lisse
Noordwijk
Katwijk
Leiden Alphen aan den Rijn
Wassenaar Voorschoten Bodegraven
Leidschendam-Voorburg
The Hague Zoetermeer Gouda
Rijswijk Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Delft Capelle aan den IJssel
Westland Vlaardingen Schiedam Rotterdam
Hellevoetsluis Spijkenisse Barendrecht
Zwijndrecht
Dordrecht Sliedrecht Gorinchem

Islands

(from north to south and from west to east, with municipalities)

★ Rozenburg

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★ Rozenburg [69]

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★ part of Rotterdam (Botlek [70], Europoort [71], Maasvlakte [72])

★ IJsselmonde

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★ part of Rotterdam

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★ Barendrecht [73]

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★ Ridderkerk [74]

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★ Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht [75]

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★ Zwijndrecht [76], [77]

★ Voorne-Putten

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★ Westvoorne [78]

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★ Brielle [79]

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★ Hellevoetsluis [80]

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★ Bernisse [81]

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★ Spijkenisse [82]

★ Hoeksche Waard

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★ Oud-Beijerland [83]

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★ Binnenmaas

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★ part of Korendijk [84]

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★ Cromstrijen [85]

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★ Strijen [86]

★ Eiland van Dordrecht [87]

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★ Dordrecht

★ Goeree-Overflakkee [88]

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★ Goedereede

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★ Dirksland

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★ Middelharnis

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★ Oostflakkee.

★ Tiengemeten

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★ part of Korendijk [89]

Subdivisions

There are four official regions [90]:

★ Zuid-Holland Zuid [91]

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★ Drechtsteden [92]

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★ Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Papendrecht, Sliedrecht, Zwijndrecht

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★ the rest of the Hoeksche Waard (see above) and Tiengemeten

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★ Goeree Overflakkee (see above)

★ Zuid-Holland West

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★ Haaglanden [93], ;

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★ Delft, Den Haag, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Midden-Delfland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Rijswijk, Wassenaar, Westland, Zoetermeer.

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★ Leidse regio [94]; for a little map showing the municipalities see [95], p.4);

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★ Alkemade, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Oegstgeest, Voorschoten, Zoeterwoude

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★ Duin- en Bollenstreek [96]; for a little map showing the municipalities see the link above;

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★ Hillegom, Katwijk, Lisse, Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, Teylingen

★ Zuid-Holland Oost (Rijn&Gouwestreek [97] + De Waarden) [98]; see also Midden-Holland [99]

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★ Krimpenerwaard

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★ Bergambacht, Nederlek, Schoonhoven, Vlist, Ouderkerk

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★ Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden

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★ Giessenlanden, Gorinchem, Graafstroom, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Leerdam, Liesveld, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zederik.

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★ Rijnstreek

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★ Alphen aan den Rijn, Jacobswoude, Nieuwkoop, Rijnwoude

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★ Gouwestreek

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★ Bodegraven, Boskoop, Gouda, Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Reeuwijk, Waddinxveen, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle

★ Rijnmond [100], also called Stadsregio Rotterdam [101]; see also

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★ Albrandswaard, Barendrecht, Bernisse, Brielle, Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Lansingerland, Maassluis, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Rozenburg, Schiedam, Spijkenisse, Vlaardingen, Westvoorne
The term Zuidvleugel refers to a large part of the province ([102], [103], p. 13):

★ Drechtsteden and some more of the Hoeksche Waard: Binnenmaas, Oud-Beijerland

★ Zuid-Holland West

★ Rijnmond

★ a small part of Zuid-Holland Oost: Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam

See also

★ List of towns in South Holland

★ - list of towns and villages in South Holland

★ - category of railway stations in South Holland

External links

★ Official site

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★ List of municipalities with population and area figures (hard to find on the site, because not under ''Gemeenten'' but under ''Over de provincie''!)

★ Basic information

★ Lists of towns and villages, with municipality

★ Province maps showing subdivision in municipalities:

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★ small version linking for each municipality to basic data page in Dutch (2006)

★ Map of 1853

★ Tourist information - The province is subdivided in eight regions, not corresponding to those above. The maps show villages, not municipalities.

★ Tourist information for a region called Zuid-Holland Zuid (South Holland South), but different from the one in the previous section: less on the west, more on the east; it is the region called "Dutch river area" in the website of the previous link.

★ http://www.atlasgeo.ch/fotw/flags/nl-zh-.html - various info on the province and its municipalities, in particular flags

★ Deltaworks Online - Flood protection of South Holland and Deltaregion
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