Barendrecht

Barendrecht () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Barendrecht
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: WatertorenBarendrecht.jpg
Settlement.image_alt: A water tower standing in the middle of several small, end 19th-century houses
Settlement.image_caption: Water tower of Barendrecht
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.flag_alt: A flag divided in three horizontal bands. The red center band is wider and contains the top half of a gold lion rampant on the left. The top and bottom white bands contain three equally spaced green rectangles each.
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.shield_alt: The coat of arms mimics the flag. The bands are equal width, the lion rampant is in the middle and number of green rectangles are changed to four and three on top and two and one in the bottom.
Settlement.image_map: NL - locator map municipality code GM0489 (2016).png

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Barendrecht () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water.

The municipality of Barendrecht also includes Barendrecht-Carnisselande and Smitshoek.