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Albrandswaard () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of as of , and covers an area of of which is water.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Albrandswaard
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
WLM - RobertsNL - 32473.jpg
Settlement.image_alt
White castle in the middle of a pond with some other building on the side
Settlement.image_caption
Castle of Rhoon
Settlement.image_flag
Albrandswaard flag.svg
Settlement.flag_size
100x67px
Settlement.flag_alt
Blue vertical banner on the left with 3 vertically stacked white shields with 5 blue points each. Alternating red and yellow triangles on the rest of the flag.
Settlement.image_shield
Albrandswaard wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size
100x80px
Settlement.shield_alt
Similar to flag with crown on top and items placed differently.
Settlement.image_map
Map - NL - Municipality code 0613 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt
Highlighted position of Albrandswaard in a municipal map of South Holland
Settlement.map_caption
Location in South Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South Holland

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
Albrandswaarder
Located in
South Holland
Capital
Poortugaal
Population
25814
Area
24
Elevation
0
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Head of government
Hans Wagner
Shares border with
Hoeksche Waard
Official website
www.albrandswaard.nl
Image
WLM - RobertsNL - 32473.jpg
Households
9465
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category of associated people
Category:People from Albrandswaard
postal code
3170–3176
topic's main category
Category:Albrandswaard
Commons category
Albrandswaard
inception
1985-00-00
located in/on physical feature
IJsselmonde
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+31105061111
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Albrandswaard () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of as of , and covers an area of of which is water.

The municipality of Albrandswaard consists of the villages of Poortugaal in the west and Rhoon in the east. They were separate municipalities until 1985. The name was taken from the historic municipality of Albrandswaard en Kijvelanden, which existed until 1842, when it joined Poortugaal. Albrandswaard actually is a polder located between Rhoon and Poortugaal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albrandswaard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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