Hoeksche Waard (municipality)
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| View of Tiengemeten and Hoeksche Waard
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| Location in South Holland Location in South Holland |
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | South Holland | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Bram van Hemmen (CDA) | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Total | 323.74 km2 (125.00 sq mi) | ||
| Population (July 2019)[2] | |||
| • Total | 87,199 | ||
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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Hoeksche Waard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦuksə ˌʋaːrt]) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, consisting of the eponymous Hoeksche Waard and Tiengemeten islands.
The municipality was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland, and Strijen.[3]
Gallery
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's-Gravendeel, de Kerk op de Heul GM1963-WN13 IMG 0979 2021-09-06 17.30.jpg
's-Gravendeel, church: the Kerk op de Heul
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's-Gravendeel, korenmolen het Vliegend Hert RM17406 foto3 2014-04-14 17.10.jpg
's-Gravendeel, windmill: korenmolen het Vliegend Hert
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Westmaas, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM38856 IMG 0929 2021-09-06 13.38.jpg
Westmaas, reformed church
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Klaaswaal, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM23662 IMG 0941 2021-09-06 14.04.jpg
Klaaswaal, reformed church
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Strijen, de Grote- of Sint Lambertuskerk RM34945 IMG 0960 2021-09-06 16.04.jpg
Strijen, church: the Grote- or Sint Lambertuskerk
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Maasdam, de Kerk GM1963-WN24 IMG 0978 2021-09-06 17.03.jpg
Maasdam, the Church
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Puttershoek, korenmolen de Lelie RM32246 foto6 2012-05-13 17.00.JPG
Puttershoek, windmill: korenmolen de Lelie
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Hoeksche Waard Nieuw-Beijerland, Molen De Swaen RM30393 IMG 2540 2022-07-11 14.02.jpg
Nieuw-Beijerland, windmill: windmolen de Swaan
Notable people
- Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568) a general and statesman, Lord of Oud-Beijerland.[4]
- Philip, Count of Egmont (1558 – 1590) the fifth Count of Egmont and Lord of Oud-Beijerland
- Thomas van der Wilt (1659 in Piershil – 1733) a Dutch painter
- Philip van Dijk (1683 in Oud-Beijerland – 1753) a Dutch painter
- Stoffel Muller (1776 in Puttershoek – 1833) leader of a small Dutch Protestant sect Zwijndrechtse nieuwlichters
- Suze Groeneweg (born 1875 in Strijensas - 1940) a Dutch politician, the first woman to be elected to the Dutch parliament
- Renée Jones-Bos (born 1952 in Oud-Beijerland) a Dutch senior civil servant and diplomat
- Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink (born 1954) a former Dutch politician and municipal councillor in Cromstrijen
- Anton Corbijn (born 1955 in Strijen) a Dutch photographer, music video director and film director [5]
- Eibert Tigchelaar (born 1959 in Sint Anthoniepolder) academic and expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Carlo Resoort (born 1973 in Numansdorp) a Dutch DJ, remixer and producer; plays with the 4 Strings
- Benno de Goeij (born 1975 in Oud-Beijerland) a Dutch record producer, works with Armin van Buuren
- Vivienne van den Assem (born 1983) a Dutch actress and presenter, brought up in Oud-Beijerland [6]
Sport
File:Ria Visser 1984.jpg
Ria Visser, 1984
- Nijs Korevaar (1927 in Mijnsheerenland – 2016) a Dutch water polo player, team bronze medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Kees Verkerk (born 1942 in Maasdam) a former speed skater, three time winter Olympic silver medallist and gold medallist at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Adri van Tiggelen (born 1957 in Oud-Beijerland) a retired Dutch footballer with 505 club caps
- Ria Visser (born 1961 in Oud-Beijerland) a former ice speed skater and silver medallist at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Kristie Boogert (born 1973 in Oud-Beijerland) a former professional female tennis player and team silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
References
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- ↑ Wet samenvoeging gemeenten Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland en Strijen, 11 July 2018, accessed at overheid.nl
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- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 28 February 2020
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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