Westmaas

Westmaas

Westmaas

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

Westmaas (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɛstˈmaːs]) is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 14 km south of the city of Rotterdam, next to Mijnsheerenland in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.[3] In 2020, the population was 2065.[4]

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Westmaas developed after the Munnikenland was enclosed by a dike in 1439.[5] The village was founded by Carthusian monks.[6] It became an independent parish in 1458. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church built in 1651. It was restored between 1966 and 1967.[5]

Westmaas was home to 768 people in 1840.[6] Westmaas was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1984, when it became part of Binnenmaas.[7] Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the new municipality Hoeksche Waard.[3]

  • Westmaas, reformed church
  • Old map from 1866
  • Windmill Windlust

References

  1. [1]
    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 3273AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    Wet samenvoeging gemeenten Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland en Strijen, 11 July 2018, accessed at overheid.nl
  4. [4]
    Statistiek, Centraal Bureau voor de. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  5. [5]
    Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2004). "Westmaas" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90-400-9034-3. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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    "Westmaas". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. [7]
    Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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