Albrandswaard

Albrandswaard
Municipality
White castle in the middle of a pond with some other building on the side
Castle of Rhoon
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.
Flag
Similar to flag with crown on top and items placed differently.
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Albrandswaard in a municipal map of South Holland
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 51°52′N 4°24′E / 51.867°N 4.400°E / 51.867; 4.400
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorJolanda de Witte (D66)
Area
[2]
 • Total23.76 km2 (9.17 sq mi)
 • Land21.69 km2 (8.37 sq mi)
 • Water2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total25,814
 • Density1,190/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
DemonymAlbrandswaarder
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
3160–3176
Area code010
Websitewww.albrandswaard.nl

Albrandswaard (Dutch: [ˌɑlbrɑntsˈʋaːrt] ⓘ) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 25,814 as of 2021, and covers an area of 23.76 km2 (9.17 sq mi) of which 2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi) 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.[5] Albrandswaard actually is a polder located between Rhoon and Poortugaal.

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.

  1. ^ "Samenstelling college" [Board members]. Bestuur en organisatie (in Dutch). Gemeente Albrandswaard. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Postcodetool for 3176PD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.