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Giessenlanden

Former municipality in South Holland, Netherlands

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Location in South Holland

Coordinates: 51°53′N 4°57′E / 51.883°N 4.950°E / 51.883; 4.950CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityMolenlandenEstablished1 January 1986Merged2019Area

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• Total65.11 km² (25.14 sq mi) • Land63.57 km² (24.54 sq mi) • Water1.54 km² (0.59 sq mi)Elevation

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−1 m (−3 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[3]

• Totaldata missingTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

3380–3381, 4209, 4220–4225, 4240–4241

Area code0183, 0184Websitewww.giessenlanden.nl

Giessenlanden (Dutch: [ˈɣisə(n)ˌlɑndə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of 65.11 km² (25.14 sq mi) of which 1.54 km² (0.59 sq mi) is water, and had a population of data missing as of 2021. The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giessen-Oudekerk, Giessenburg, Hoogblokland, Hoornaar, Noordeloos and Schelluinen.

On 1 January 2019, it merged with Molenwaard to form the new municipality of Molenlanden.^[4]

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Giessenlanden, June 2015

Public transportation

The Arkel railway station, on the Elst–Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 4223ME". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Herindeling Molenwaard-Giessenlanden". Retrieved 3 January 2019.