Westmaas

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

51°47′N 4°28′E / 51.783°N 4.467°E / 51.783; 4.467CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityHoeksche WaardArea

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• Total7.39 km² (2.85 sq mi)Elevation

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−0.5 m (−1.6 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total2,095 • Density280/km² (730/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

3273^[1]

Dialing code0186

Westmaas (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɛstˈmaːs]) is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 14 km south of the city of Rotterdam, next to Mijnsheerenland in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.^[3] In 2020, the population was 2065.^[4]

Westmaas developed after the Munnikenland was enclosed by a dike in 1439.^[5] The village was founded by Carthusian monks.^[6] It became an independent parish in 1458. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church built in 1651. It was restored between 1966 and 1967.^[5]

Westmaas was home to 768 people in 1840.^[6] Westmaas was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1984, when it became part of Binnenmaas.^[7] Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the new municipality Hoeksche Waard.^[3]

Gallery

Westmaas, reformed church
Old map from 1866
Windmill Windlust

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 3273AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Wet samenvoeging gemeenten Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland en Strijen, 11 July 2018, accessed at overheid.nl
^ Statistiek, Centraal Bureau voor de. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-09-26.
^ ^a ^b Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2004). "Westmaas" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90-400-9034-3. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Westmaas". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.