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. Zoetermeer is a very new city, most of it is created in the year 1970. 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):

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)

                      Hillegom                   Lisse            Noordwijk        Katwijk           Leiden              Alphen aan den Rijn    Wassenaar Voorschoten                          Bodegraven            Leidschendam-Voorburg  The Hague Zoetermeer                   Gouda     Rijswijk Nootdorp         Delft            Capelle aan den IJssel  Westland Vlaardingen Schiedam Rotterdam                             Barendrecht                              Zwijndrecht                               Dordrecht Sliedrecht Gorinchem

Islands

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

Rozenburg

Rozenburg http://www.voorne-putten.nl/rozenburg/
part of Rotterdam (Botlek http://www.voorne-putten.nl/botlek/, Europoort http://www.voorne-putten.nl/europoort/, Maasvlakte http://www.voorne-putten.nl/maasvlakte/)

IJsselmonde

Voorne-Putten

Hoeksche Waard (the six municipalities are possibly merged in 2005 or 2006)

Eiland van Dordrecht http://www.svd-stadsvervoer.nl/kaart/stadskaart.html

Dordrecht

Goeree-Overflakkee http://www.plattegronden.nl/goeree-overflakkee/

Tiengemeten

part of Korendijk http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeenteoud-beijerland/

Subdivisions

There are four official regions http://www.pzhregio.nl/:

Zuid-Holland Zuid http://www.pzhregio.nl/portal/script.php?regio=1&actie=kaart

Drechtsteden http://www.drechtsteden.nl/Home/Gebied.htm

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 http://www.haaglanden.nl, ;

Delft, Den Haag, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Midden-Delfland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Rijswijk, Wassenaar, Westland, Zoetermeer.

Leidse regio http://www.leidseregio.nl/; for a little map showing the municipalities see http://www.leidseregio.nl/downloads/Brochure_RVVP.pdf, p.4);

Alkemade, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Oegstgeest, Voorschoten, Zoeterwoude

Duin- en Bollenstreek http://212.204.198.97/index.jsp?pageid=264; for a little map showing the municipalities see the link above;

Hillegom, Katwijk, Lisse, Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, Rijnsburg, Sassenheim, Valkenburg, Voorhout, Warmond

Zuid-Holland Oost (Rijn&Gouwestreek http://www.pzhregio.nl/rijngouwe/site.html + De Waarden) http://www.pzhregio.nl/oost/site.html; see also Midden-Holland http://www.bestuurszakenmiddenholland.nl/showhtml.php?filename=bz_werkgebied

Krimpenerwaard

Bergambacht, Nederlek, Schoonhoven, Vlist, Ouderkerk

Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden

Giessenlanden, Gorinchem, Graafstroom, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Leerdam, Liesveld, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zederik.

Rijnstreek

Ter Aar, Alphen aan den Rijn, Jacobswoude, Liemeer, Nieuwkoop, Rijnwoude

Gouwestreek

Bodegraven, Boskoop, Gouda, Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Reeuwijk, Waddinxveen, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle

Rijnmond http://www.pzhregio.nl/portal/script.php?regio=2&actie=kaart, also called Stadsregio Rotterdam http://www.stadsregio.rotterdam.nl/default.asp?ID=12030; see also

Albrandswaard, Barendrecht, Bergschenhoek, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Bernisse, Bleiswijk, Brielle, Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Maassluis, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Rozenburg, Schiedam, Spijkenisse, Vlaardingen, Westvoorne

The term Zuidvleugel refers to a large part of the province (http://www.zuidvleugel.nl/index.asp?page_id=74, http://www.zuidvleugel.nl/files/Staat%20van%20de%20Zuidvleugel.pdf, p. 13):

Drechtsteden and some more of the Hoeksche Waard: Binnenmaas, Oud-Beijerland
Zuid-Holland West
Rijnmond
a small part of Zuid-Holland Oost: Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam

External links

Official site

List of municipalities with population and area figures (hard to find on the site, because not under Gemeenten but under Over de provincie!)

Basic information
Lists of towns and villages, with municipality
Province maps showing subdivision in municipalities:

These maps are not quite up-to-date: they do not yet reflect that Heerjansdam has merged into Zwijndrecht.

Map of 1853
Tourist information - The province is subdivided in eight regions, not corresponding to those above. The maps show villages, not municipalities.
Tourist information for a region called Zuid-Holland Zuid (South Holland South), but different from the one in the previous section: less on the west, more on the east; it is the region called "Dutch river area" in the website of the previous link.
http://www.atlasgeo.ch/fotw/flags/nl-zh-.html - various info on the province and its municipalities, in particular flags

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