Giessenlanden
Sign in to saveGiessenlanden () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which is water, and had a population of as of . The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giessen-Oudekerk, Giessenburg, Hoogblokland, Hoornaar, Noordeloos and Schelluinen.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Giessenlanden
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Schelluinen - Kerkweg 4 - Kasteel Schelluinen.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Castle in Schelluinen
- Settlement.image_flag
- Giessenlanden vlag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Giessenlanden.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0689 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Giessenlanden in a municipal map of South Holland
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Molenlanden
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 14427
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Lingewaal
- Official website
- www.giessenlanden.nl
- Image
- Schelluinen - Kerkweg 4 - Kasteel Schelluinen.jpg
- Households
- 5576
- Dialing code
- 0184
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- Giessenlanden
- Commons category
- Giessenlanden
- topic's main category
- Category:Giessenlanden
- postal code
- 4240–4241
- inception
- 1986-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Topography
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- Notable people
- References
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Giessenlanden () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which is water, and had a population of as of . The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giessen-Oudekerk, Giessenburg, Hoogblokland, Hoornaar, Noordeloos and Schelluinen.
Cees Bakker was the first mayor of Giessenlanden.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giessenlanden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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