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Klaaswaal
Sign in to saveKlaaswaal is a village and former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is centrally located on one of the island Hoeksche Waard. Klaaswaal was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Numansdorp to form the municipality Cromstrijen.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Klaaswaal is referenced by 54 other articles, and connects out to Netherlands, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It sits within the topics Former municipalities of South Holland, Hoeksche Waard and Populated places in South Holland.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Klaaswaal
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 3,490
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Klaaswaal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Overzicht boerderij - Klaaswaal - 20413821 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Farm in Klaaswaal
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hoeksche Waard
- Settlement.elevation_m
- -0.3
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 15.02
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,175
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 909
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 3286
- Commons category
- Klaaswaal
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Klaaswaal is a village and former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is centrally located on one of the island Hoeksche Waard. Klaaswaal was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Numansdorp to form the municipality Cromstrijen.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1555 as "Claes Wael", and means "pool after dike breach belonging to Claes (person)".
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