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Meerdervoort
Meerdervoort is a former municipality in the Dutch province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ... of South Holland. It was southwest of the town of Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, Zwijndrecht. The municipality existed between 1817 and 1855, when it merged with Zwijndrecht.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Zwijndrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located in the province of South Holland, at the southern tip of the island of IJsselmonde, and at the confluence of the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden-Merwede, and Noord. Population The town of Zwijndrecht is one of the "Drecht" cities. Part of the suburban zone south of Rotterdam, it has grown from around 6,000 inhabitants in 1960, to about 45,000 today. Since 2003, the municipality of Zwijndrecht also includes the villages of Heerjansdam and Kleine-Lindt. It had a population of in . Zwijndrecht has the highest concentration of Estonians in the Netherlands. The Evangelical Theological Academy is located here. Transportation The town is served by a railway station of the same name ( Station Zwijndrecht). By train you go north to Rotterdam and The Hague, and south it takes you to either Breda or Roosendaal. Water bus routes 21 and 24 both stop at (Zwijndrecht Veerplein), connecting it with the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
