Bernisse | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Image Alt: | Picture of a church |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Flag Alt: | Three horizontal bands, top and bottom green with white saltires (4 on top and 2 on bottom). The centre band and contains a blue curved line from side to side. |
Shield Alt: | Shield with crown. The right side is white with vertical blue line. The top left is yellow with a red lion rampant. |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Bernisse in a municipal map of South Holland |
Coordinates: | 51.85°N 19°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | South Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Nissewaard |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 3211–3218, 3227 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0181 |
Bernisse (pronounced as /nl/) is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Nissewaard.
The former municipality had a population of in, and covered an area of NaNBernisse}} of which NaNBernisse}} was water.
The former municipality was named after the river Bernisse, which flows right through it from the Spui to the Brielse Meer and separates the estuary islands of Voorne and Putten.
The former municipality of Bernisse consisted of the following communities: Abbenbroek, Biert, Geervliet, Heenvliet, Oudenhoorn, Simonshaven, Zuidland.
The municipality of Bernisse was formed on January 1, 1980, through the amalgamation of the municipalities Abbenbroek, Oudenhoorn, Zuidland, and parts of the municipalities Geervliet (including Simonshaven) and Heenvliet.
Dutch Topographic map of the former municipality of Bernisse, 2013.