Albrandswaard
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.
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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.