Voorne aan Zee
Voorne aan Zee is a municipality on the island of Voorne-Putten in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 189.82 km2 (73.29 sq mi) of which 67.99 km2 (26.25 sq mi) is water. It had a population of 73,873 in 2022.
Voorne aan Zee | |
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 Former city hall of Oostvoorne | |
 Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Location in South Holland | |
| Coordinates: 51°52′N 4°4′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Established | 1 January 2023 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Peter Rehwinkel (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 189.82 km2 (73.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 121.83 km2 (47.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 67.99 km2 (26.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (November 2022)[4] | |
| • Total | 73,873 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3220-3225, 3227, 3230-3235 |
| Area code | 0181 |
| Website | www |
The municipality of Voorne aan Zee was formed on 1 January 2023, through the merger of the former municipalities of Brielle, Hellevoetsluis and Westvoorne, which itself was formed on 1 January 1980, through the merger of the former municipalities Oostvoorne and Rockanje.[5]
It consists of the population centres of Brielle, Hellevoetsluis, Oostvoorne, Oudenhoorn, Rockanje, Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoorn, Oude en Nieuwe Struiten, Vierpolders, Zwartewaal, Tinte and Helhoek.
Dutch Topographic map of Voorne aan Zee, January 2023
Notable people
- Jacob van Maerlant (ca.1230–40 – ca.1288–1300), a Flemish poet of the 13th century, an important Middle Dutch author of the Middle Ages
- Maarten Tromp (1598 in Brielle – 1653), a Dutch army general and admiral in the Dutch navy
- Witte de With (1599 in Hoogendijk – 1658), a Dutch naval officer during the Eighty Years War and the First Anglo-Dutch war
- Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen (1822–1878), a Dutch mathematician, physicist and professor
- Jan Greshoff (1888 in Nieuw-Helvoet – 1971), a Dutch journalist, poet, and literary critic
- Belinda Meuldijk (born 1955), a Dutch actress, writer, and activist [6]
- Meindert van Buuren (born 1995), a Dutch racing driver
Gallery
Tinte, chapel
Church in Hellevoetsluis
Rockanje, windmill
Brielle, church: de Sint Catharijne kerk
Brielle, monumental houses at the Wellerondom
Tweede Slag, Rockanje. Oorlogsmonument in de duinen
References
- "Peter Rehwinkel waarnemend burgemeester Voorne aan Zee" [Peter Rehwinkel acting mayor of Voorne aan Zee] (in Dutch). Province South Holland. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- "Postcodetool for 3235AP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand
- Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- IMDb Database retrieved 31 May 2019
External links
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