South Holland

This article is about the province of the Netherlands. For the town in the United States, see South Holland, Illinois; for the district of Lincolnshire, see South Holland, England

South Holland (Dutch Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. It is one of the most densely populated and industrialized of the provinces. Neighbouring provinces are Zeeland to the southwest, Noord Brabant to the southeast, Gelderland to the east, Utrecht to the northeast and Noord-Holland to the north.

It contains the major cities of The Hague (Den Haag or s-Gravenhage) (the seat of government of the country and the seat of the International Court of Justice) and Rotterdam. Leiden, Delft and Gouda have town centers with many 17th-century buildings. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours.

Rivers and other bodies of water include Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, Hollands Diep.

Municipalities

South Holland is divided into 86 municipalities) (before 2004: 91) (here with shopping evenings in parentheses, and links to maps in brackets):

1. Alblasserdam
2. Albrandswaard
3. Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr)
4. Alphen aan den Rijn (fr)
5. Barendrecht
6. Bergambacht
7. Bergschenhoek
8. Berkel en Rodenrijs
9. Bernisse
10. Binnenmaas
11. Bleiswijk
12. Bodegraven
13. Boskoop
14. Brielle
15. Capelle aan den IJssel
16. Cromstrijen
17. Delft (fr)
18. Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
19. Dirksland
20. Dordrecht
21. Giessenlanden
22. Goedereede
23. Gorinchem
24. Gouda
25. Graafstroom
26. 's-Gravendeel
27. Hardinxveld-Giessendam
28. Hellevoetsluis
29. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
30. Hillegom (th)
31. Jacobswoude
32. Katwijk (th, except Hoornes and Rijnsoever: fr)
33. Korendijk
34. Krimpen aan den IJssel
35. Leerdam
36. Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr)
37. Leiderdorp (fr)
38. Leidschendam-Voorburg
39. Liemeer
40. Liesveld
41. Lisse (th)
42. Maassluis
43. Middelharnis
44. Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
45. Moordrecht
46. Nederlek
47. Nieuw-Lekkerland
48. Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
49. Nieuwkoop
50. Noordwijk (th)
51. Noordwijkerhout (fr)
52. Oegstgeest (fr)
53. Oostflakkee
54. Oud-Beijerland
55. Ouderkerk
56. Papendrecht
57. Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
58. Reeuwijk
59. Ridderkerk
60. Rijnsburg (fr)
61. Rijnwoude
62. Rijswijk
63. Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
64. Rozenburg
65. Sassenheim (th)
66. Schiedam
67. Schoonhoven
68. Sliedrecht
69. Spijkenisse
70. Strijen
71. Ter Aar
72. Valkenburg (fr)
73. Vlaardingen
74. Vlist
75. Voorhout (fr)
76. Voorschoten (fr)
77. Waddinxveen
78. Warmond
79. Wassenaar
80. Westland (until 2004 De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen)
81. Westvoorne
82. Zederik
83. Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle
84. Zoetermeer (th)
85. Zoeterwoude
86. Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam ,

On 1 January 2004 the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen have been merged to a new municipality Westland, and Maasland and Schipluiden to another one, Midden-Delfland.

Possibly Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond will be merged in the future.

Links to municipalities arranged according to location

(please add more municipalities)

Islands

(from north to south and from west to east, with municipalities)

• Rozenburg
  • Rozenburg
  • part of Rotterdam (Botlek , Europoort , Maasvlakte )
• IJsselmonde
  • part of Rotterdam
  • Albrandswaard
  • Barendrecht
  • Ridderkerk
  • Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  • Zwijndrecht ,
• Voorne-Putten
  • Westvoorne
  • Brielle
  • Hellevoetsluis
  • Bernisse
  • Spijkenisse
• Hoeksche Waard (the six municipalities are possibly merged in 2005 or 2006)
  • Oud-Beijerland
  • Binnenmaas
  • 's-Gravendeel
  • part of Korendijk
  • Cromstrijen
  • Strijen
• Eiland van Dordrecht
  • Dordrecht
• Goeree-Overflakkee
  • Goedereede
  • Dirksland
  • Middelharnis
  • Oostflakkee.
• Tiengemeten
  • part of Korendijk

Subdivisions

There are four official regions :

• Zuid-Holland Zuid
  • Drechtsteden
    • Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Papendrecht, Sliedrecht, Zwijndrecht, 's-Gravendeel
  • the rest of the Hoeksche Waard (see above) and Tiengemeten
  • Goeree Overflakkee (see above)
• Zuid-Holland West
  • Haaglanden , Provinces of the Netherlands ||

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