Nieuw-Beijerland
Nieuw-Beijerland
Village in South Holland, Netherlands
Nieuw-Beijerland is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hoeksche Waard, and lies about 3 km south of Spijkenisse.
Nieuw-Beijerland | |
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Village | |
The ferry across the Spui from Hekelingen to Nieuw-Beijerland | |
| Coordinates: 51°48′43″N 4°20′33″E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Hoeksche Waard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.31 km2 (4.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0.5 m (1.6 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,195 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3264[1] |
| Dialing code | 0186 |
The village was first mentioned in 1773 as Nieuw Beierland, and is named after the polder which was created in 1582. Nieuw (new) has been added to distinguish from Oud-Beijerland.[3] The centre of the village has a grid structure.[4]
The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with needle tower built in 1826. The grist mill De Swaen was originally built in 1703, but rebuilt in 1932 after a fire.[4] The wind mill can turn, but the inner workings have been removed.[5]
Nieuw-Beijerland was home to 1,012 people in 1840.[5] It was a separate municipality until 1984, when it became part of Korendijk.[6] Korendijk was merged into the new municipality Hoeksche Waard in January 2019.[7]
On 27 August 2022 a lorry crashed into a barbeque killing 7 people.[8]
- The harbour of Nieuw-Beijerland
- Windmill De Swaan
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Postcodetool for 3264AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Nieuw-Beijerland - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2004). "Nieuw-Beijerland" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90-400-9034-3. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- "Nieuw-Beijerland". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- Wet samenvoeging gemeenten Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland en Strijen, 11 July 2018, accessed at overheid.nl
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