List of municipalities in South Holland

Map of South Holland (2015)

This is a list of municipalities in South Holland. South Holland is divided into 60 municipalities.

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One of South Holland's historical towns is Delft, a stronghold of tourism and of (mainly technical) science.

The Koornbrug (Grain Bridge) in Leiden, also a historical university city in South Holland.

Scheveningen is the Netherlands' most popular seaside resorts.

Zoetermeer, the third largest population centre in this province, was a typical South Holland village until the late 1960s.

A view of the newly built nowadays Zoetermeer town centre.

A canal at Dordrecht, which town is the oldest in Holland (North and South together) and has a rich history and culture.

The 15th century town hall of Gouda, another historically rich town in South Holland.

CBS-code	Municipality Gemeente	Population	Land area (km²)	Population density (/km²)
482	Alblasserdam	19,838	8.79	2,257
613	Albrandswaard	25,036	21.87	1,145
484	Alphen aan den Rijn	107,117	126.58	846
489	Barendrecht	47,442	19.83	2,392
585	Binnenmaas	28,670	69.26	414
1901	Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	33,036	75.69	436
501	Brielle	16,350	27.56	593
502	Capelle aan den IJssel	66,261	14.25	4,650
611	Cromstrijen	12,797	54.37	235
503	Delft	99,737	22.82	4,371
505	Dordrecht	118,782	79.01	1,503
689	Giessenlanden	14,476	63.57	228
1924	Goeree-Overflakkee	48,204	262.00	184
512	Gorinchem	35,271	18.92	1,864
513	Gouda	70,939	16.86	4,208
523	Hardinxveld-Giessendam	17,751	16.92	1,049
530	Hellevoetsluis	38,919	31.56	1,233
531	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	29,147	10.67	2,732
534	Hillegom	21,090	12.92	1,632
1884	Kaag en Braassem	25,751	63.39	406
537	Katwijk	63,007	24.54	2,568
588	Korendijk	10,716	77.26	139
542	Krimpen aan den IJssel	28,870	7.80	3,701
1621	Lansingerland	57,545	54.28	1,060
545	Leerdam	20,563	33.79	609
546	Leiden	121,249	21.95	5,524
547	Leiderdorp	26,786	11.55	2,319
1916	Leidschendam-Voorburg	73,543	32.70	2,249
553	Lisse	22,400	15.69	1,428
556	Maassluis	32,230	8.49	3,796
1842	Midden-Delfland	18,514	47.35	391
1927	Molenwaard	28,986	118.29	245
569	Nieuwkoop	27,122	78.88	344
575	Noordwijk	25,600	35.48	722
576	Noordwijkerhout	15,976	22.61	707
579	Oegstgeest	22,903	7.30	3,137
584	Oud-Beijerland	23,683	18.75	1,263
590	Papendrecht	32,177	9.48	3,394
1926	Pijnacker-Nootdorp	51,148	37.36	1,369
597	Ridderkerk	45,204	23.74	1,904
603	Rijswijk	47,674	14.05	3,393
599	Rotterdam	619,879	208.80	2,969
606	Schiedam	76,650	18.02	4,254
610	Sliedrecht	24,592	12.83	1,917
617	Strijen	8,680	50.85	171
1525	Teylingen	35,712	28.55	1,251
518	The Hague	510,909	81.88	6,240
622	Vlaardingen	71,338	23.64	3,018
626	Voorschoten	24,978	11.16	2,238
627	Waddinxveen	25,555	27.90	916
629	Wassenaar	25,768	50.92	506
1783	Westland	103,716	79.53	1,304
614	Westvoorne	14,013	53.23	263
707	Zederik	13,681	73.73	186
637	Zoetermeer	123,784	34.55	3,583
638	Zoeterwoude	8,088	21.26	380
1892	Zuidplas	40,838	59.37	688
642	Zwijndrecht	44,546	20.35	2,189

Krimpenerwaard 53,868 - 161.3 - 334
Nissewaard 84,929 - 82.25 - 1,033

Municipal reorganisations

Since 1840, South Holland has ceded three municipalities to the province of Utrecht: Oudewater in 1970, Woerden in 1989, and Vianen in 2002.

Municipal reorganisations since 2000:

On 1 January 2002 the municipalities of Pijnacker and Nootdorp were merged into the new municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp.
On 1 January 2002 the municipalities of Leidschendam and Voorburg were merged into the new municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg.
On 1 January 2003 the municipality of Heerjansdam was merged into the existing municipality of Zwijndrecht.
On 1 January 2004 the municipalities of De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen were merged into the new municipality of Westland
On 1 January 2004 the municipalities of Maasland and Schipluiden were merged into the new municipality of Midden-Delfland.
On 1 January 2006 the municipalities of Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond were merged into the new municipality of Teylingen.
On 1 January 2006 the municipalities of Rijnsburg and Valkenburg were merged into the existing municipality of Katwijk.
On 1 January 2007 the municipalities of Liemeer and Ter Aar were merged into the existing municipality of Nieuwkoop.
On 1 January 2007 the municipalities of Bergschenhoek, Berkel en Rodenrijs and Bleiswijk were merged into the new municipality of Lansingerland.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality of 's-Gravendeel was merged into the existing municipality of Binnenmaas.
On 1 January 2009 the municipalities of Alkemade and Jacobswoude were merged into the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.
On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel and Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle were merged into the new municipality of Zuidplas.
On 18 March 2010 the municipality of Rozenburg was merged into the existing municipality of Rotterdam.
On 1 January 2011 the municipalities of Bodegraven and Reeuwijk were merged into the new municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk.
On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Graafstroom, Liesveld and Nieuw-Lekkerland were merged into the new municipality of Molenwaard.
On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Dirksland, Goedereede, Middelharnis and Oostflakkee were merged into the new municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee.
On 1 January 2014 the municipalities of Boskoop and Rijnwoude were merged into the existing municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn.
On 1 January 2015 the municipalities of Bergambacht, Nederlek, Ouderkerk, Schoonhoven and Vlist were merged into Krimpenerwaard.
On 1 January 2015 the municipalities of Bernisse and Spijkenisse were merged into Nissewaard.

References

Statistics Netherlands, http://www.cbs.nl

List of municipalities in South Holland

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Municipal reorganisations

See also

References