Westland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛstlɑnt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of 90.74 km² (35.03 sq mi) of which 9.47 km² (3.66 sq mi) is covered by water and had a population of 111,382 in 2021.

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Westland
Municipality
Greenhouses near 's-Gravenzande
Flag Coat of arms
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 52°0′N 4°13′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Established	1 January 2004[1]
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bouke Arends (PvdA)
Area [2]
• Total	90.74 km2 (35.03 sq mi)
• Land	81.27 km2 (31.38 sq mi)
• Water	9.47 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	111,382
• Density	1,371/km2 (3,550/sq mi)
Demonym	Westlander
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	2290–2295, 2670–2694
Area code	0174
Website	www.gemeentewestland.nl

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Towns and other settlements: De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk, Wateringen, Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde.

Westland was created on 1 January 2004 by a merger of the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen.^[5] These are also the names of five of the settlements. The others are Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde. Westland itself is not the name of a settlement or town, but rather of the region. The City hall is located in the middle of Westland, in Naaldwijk, the second largest settlement in Westland.^[6]

The town of Honselersdijk also possesses the largest Flower Auction, FloraHolland, which also has a location in Rijnsburg. This is a very important sector of the Westland economy. Flowers produced in Westland are sold all over the world.

Coastal towns are Ter Heijde (near Monster), Monster itself and 's-Gravenzande. These towns are popular with Germans and people from the Eastern Netherlands. It is not unknown for every holiday campsite to be fully booked with tourists because of their relative proximity to the more popular Scheveningen.

Westland is part of the Haaglanden conurbation.

In a wider sense, Westland is also the name of the region south-west of the line The Hague - Delft - Rotterdam, approximately consisting of the municipalities Westland and Midden-Delfland, as well as Hook of Holland (municipality of Rotterdam).

Westland is most known for its horticulture in greenhouses, growing flowers and vegetables.

• Martinus Dorpius (1485 in Naaldwijk – 1525) a humanist, friend and correspondent of Erasmus
• Arnold Vinnius (1588 in Monster – 1657) a leading jurist
• Franco Burgersdijk (1590 in De Lier – 1635) a Dutch logician
• Maria Ponderus (1672 in Monster – 1764), an art collector and hofje founder
• Gerrit van Poelje (1884 in Maasdijk – 1976) a Dutch civil servant, lawyer and Public Administration scholar
• Peter Van de Wetering (1931 in Naaldwijk – 2014) an American horticulturist and nurseryman
• Huub Kortekaas (born 1935 in 's-Gravenzande) a Dutch sculptor
• Rein Welschen (1941–2013) Dutch politician, acting Mayor of Westland in 2014
• Hans Strikwerda (born 1952 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
• Marc Lankhorst (born 1968 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch computer scientist, researcher and consultant, works on enterprise architecture and ArchiMate
• Anneliese Van Der Pol (born 1984 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch-American actress and singer ^[7]