Giessenlanden | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Giessenlanden in a municipal map of South Holland |
Coordinates: | 51.8833°N 61°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | South Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Molenlanden |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 January 1986 |
Extinct Title: | Merged |
Extinct Date: | 2019 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -1 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 3380–3381, 4209, 4220–4225, 4240–4241 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0183, 0184 |
Giessenlanden (pronounced as /nl/) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of NaNGiessenlanden}} of which NaNGiessenlanden}} is water, and had a population of as of . The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giessen-Oudekerk, Giessenburg, Hoogblokland, Hoornaar, Noordeloos and Schelluinen.
On 1 January 2019, it merged with Molenwaard to form the new municipality of Molenlanden.[2]
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Giessenlanden, June 2015
The Arkel railway station, on the Elst–Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.