Английская Википедия:Albrandswaard

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Albrandswaard (Шаблон:IPA-nl) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of Шаблон:Dutch municipality population as of Шаблон:YEAR, and covers an area of Шаблон:Convert of which Шаблон:Convert 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.

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.

Notable people

• Hendrik Swalmius (1577 in Rhoon – 1649), a theologian painted by Frans Hals
• Eleazar Swalmius (1582 in Rhoon – 1652), a theologian painted by Rembrandt
• Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847 in Rhoon – 1919), a malacologist
• Hesterine de Reus (born 1961 in Poortugaal), a former soccer player and coach
• Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), a former politician and art historian; grew up in Rhoon
• Sander Fischer (born 1988 in Rhoon), a professional footballer with over 300 club caps

Gallery

• Kasteel van Rhoon Bijgebouw

  Kasteel van Rhoon Bijgebouw

• Hervormde Kerk, Poortugaal

  Hervormde Kerk, Poortugaal

• De Oude Maas ter hoogte van Heinenoord

  De Oude Maas ter hoogte van Heinenoord

• Overzicht voorgevel met toppilasters - Rhoon

  Overzicht voorgevel met toppilasters - Rhoon

External links

• Official website

Шаблон:SouthHolland-geo-stub