Albrandswaard Explained

Albrandswaard
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Alt:White castle in the middle of a pond with some other building on the side
Flag Size:100x67px
Flag Alt:Blue vertical banner on the left with 3 vertically stacked white shields with 5 blue points each. Alternating red and yellow triangles on the rest of the flag.
Shield Alt:Similar to flag with crown on top and items placed differently.
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Albrandswaard in a municipal map of South Holland
Coordinates:51.8667°N 28°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:South Holland
Government Footnotes:[1]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:D66
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jolanda de Witte
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:0
Population Demonym:Albrandswaarder
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:3160–3176
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:010

Albrandswaard (in Dutch; Flemish ˌɑlbrɑntsˈʋaːrt/) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of as of, and covers an area of NaNAlbrandswaard}} of which NaNAlbrandswaard}} is water.

The municipality of Albrandswaard consists of the villages of Poortugaal in the west and Rhoon in the east. They were separate municipalities until 1985. The name was taken from the historic municipality of Albrandswaard en Kijvelanden, which existed until 1842, when it joined Poortugaal. Albrandswaard actually is a polder located between Rhoon and Poortugaal.

Both villages have a metro station on Rotterdam Metro line D (Poortugaal station and Rhoon station), which connect them to Rotterdam and to the main railway network from Rotterdam Centraal in the east, and to Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse in the west.

Topography

Topographic map of the municipality of Albrandswaard, Sept. 2014.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samenstelling college . Board members . Dutch . . Bestuur en organisatie . Gemeente Albrandswaard . 19 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718023304/http://www.albrandswaard.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=6&pagid=858 . 2012-07-18 . dead.
  2. Web site: Postcodetool for 3176PD . Dutch . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 20 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .