Korendijk Explained

Korendijk
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Korendijk in a municipal map of South Holland
Coordinates:51.8°N 23°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:South Holland
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1 January 1984
Extinct Title:Merged
Extinct Date:2019
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:3264–3267, 3284
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0186

Korendijk (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈkoːrə(n)dɛik/) was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of NaNKorendijk}} of which NaNKorendijk}} was water.

With the municipal reorganization of the Hoeksche Waard on 1 January 1984, the municipality of Korendijk was formed out of the former municipalities of Goudswaard, Nieuw-Beijerland, Piershil (location of town hall), Zuid-Beijerland, and the island Tiengemeten. In addition to these villages, it also had the population centres Nieuwendijk and Zuidzijde. On 1 January 2019, it merged into the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.[2]

The municipality of Korendijk was bordered on the southside by the Haringvliet estuary, on the westside by the Spui River, and by the municipalities Oud-Beijerland and Cromstrijen to the north and east.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Korendijk, June 2015

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 3265BT . Dutch . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 1 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .
  2. Web site: Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2019 . Dutch . . 22 December 2019.