Giessenlanden
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Giessenlanden | |
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| Castle in Schelluinen Castle in Schelluinen | |
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| Highlighted position of Giessenlanden in a municipal map of South Holland Location in South Holland | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′N 4°57′E / 51.883°N 4.950°ECoordinates: 51°53′N 4°57′E / 51.883°N 4.950°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Molenlanden |
| Established | 1 January 1986 |
| Merged | 2019 |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3380–3381, 4209, 4220–4225, 4240–4241 |
| Area code | 0183, 0184 |
| Website | www |
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Giessenlanden (nl) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water, and had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population as of Error. The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giessen-Oudekerk, Giessenburg, Hoogblokland, Hoornaar, Noordeloos and Schelluinen.
Cees Bakker was the first mayor of Giessenlanden.[4]
On 1 January 2019, it merged with Molenwaard to form the new municipality of Molenlanden.[5]
Topography
[edit]File:Gem-Giessenlanden-OpenTopo.jpg
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Giessenlanden, June 2015
Public transportation
[edit]The Arkel railway station, on the Elst–Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 4223ME". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ Straub, Michiel (13 January 2025). "Kees Bakker, oud-burgemeester van Ameide-Tienhoven en Giessenlanden, overleden". www.hetkontakt.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ↑ "Herindeling Molenwaard-Giessenlanden". Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2019.