Westvoorne Explained

Westvoorne
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Westvoorne in a municipal map of South Holland
Coordinates:51.8667°N 8°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:South Holland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Voorne aan Zee
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:3233–3235
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0181

Westvoorne is a former municipality on the island of Voorne-Putten in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of NaNWestvoorne}} of which NaNWestvoorne}} was water. It had a population of in .

The municipality of Westvoorne was formed on 1 January 1980, through the merger of the former municipalities of Oostvoorne and Rockanje. It consisted of the population centres of Oostvoorne, Rockanje, Tinte and Helhoek.

On 1 January 2023, the municipality of Westvoorne merged with Brielle and Hellevoetsluis into the new municipality of Voorne aan Zee.

Trivia

In 2011, Westvoorne received the QualityCoast Gold Award for its efforts to become a sustainable tourism destination. Because of this award Westvoorne had been selected for inclusion in the global atlas for sustainable tourism DestiNet.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 3235AP . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 29 August 2013.
  2. http://www.qualitycoast.info/brochure/qc2012.pdf Sustainable Tourism Destination EUCC
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582802/ IMDb Database