Albrandswaard

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Albrandswaard
Municipality
Castle of Rhoon
Castle of Rhoon
Flag of Albrandswaard
Flag
Location in South Holland
Location in South Holland
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Country Netherlands
Province South Holland
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Hans-Christoph Wagner (PvdA)
Area[2]
 • Total 23.76 km2 (9.17 sq mi)
 • Land 21.87 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
 • Water 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 0 m (0 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
 • Total 25,036
 • Density 1,145/km2 (2,970/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Albrandswaarder
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 3160–3176
Area code 010
Website www.albrandswaard.nl

Albrandswaard (Dutch: [ɑlˌbrɑntsˈʋaːrt]) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 25,036 as of 2014, and covers an area of 23.76 km2 (9.17 sq mi) of which 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi) is water.

The municipality of Albrandswaard consists of the village 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.[5]

Both villages have a metro station on Rotterdam Metro line D (Poortugaal station and Rhoon station), which connect them to Rotterdam and to the main railway network from Rotterdam Centraal in the east, and to Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse in the west.

Topography

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Topographic map of the municipality of Albrandswaard, Sept. 2014.

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