Nieuwe-Tonge

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The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Nieuwe-Tonge in the municipality of Middelharnis.

Nieuwe-Tonge (51°43′N, 4°10′E) is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Middelharnis, and lies about 13 km south of Hellevoetsluis.

In 2001, the town of Nieuwe-Tonge had 1965 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.39 km², and contained 768 residences.[1] The slightly larger statistical area "Nieuwe-Tonge" has a population of around 2390.[2]

Nieuwe-Tonge was a separate municipality until 1966, when it became part of Middelharnis.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Middelharnis [2].
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [3]

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