Charlois | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 51.8822°N 4.4764°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | South Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Rotterdam |
Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
Subdivision Name3: | Charlois |
Established Title: | Incorporated into Rotterdam |
Established Date: | 1895 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Charlois (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈʃɑrloːs/) is a neighbourhood of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It is located on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas.
Charlois used to be a separate village; the municipality Charlois existed until 1895, when it became part of Rotterdam.
Charlois used to have an airport. Waalhaven airport as it was called, was the second civilian airport in service in the Netherlands after Schiphol[1] during the period from 1920 to 1940. The airport was destroyed by the Dutch army so it would not get in the hands of the invading German Wehrmacht during World War II.