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Klaaswaal
Sign in to saveKlaaswaal is a village and former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is centrally located on one of the island Hoeksche Waard. Klaaswaal was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Numansdorp to form the municipality Cromstrijen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Klaaswaal
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 3,490
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Klaaswaal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Overzicht boerderij - Klaaswaal - 20413821 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Farm in Klaaswaal
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hoeksche Waard
- Settlement.elevation_m
- -0.3
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 15.02
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,175
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 909
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 3286
- Commons category
- Klaaswaal
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
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Klaaswaal is a village and former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is centrally located on one of the island Hoeksche Waard. Klaaswaal was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Numansdorp to form the municipality Cromstrijen.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1555 as "Claes Wael", and means "pool after dike breach belonging to Claes (person)".
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