IJsselmonde is a borough in the southeastern corner of the city of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte (river), Rotte'') is the second largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the Prov ...
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Netherlands
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. As of 2006 it has 58,782 inhabitants.
The name IJsselmonde is also used to denote the island in the
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta bordered by the
Nieuwe Maas
The Nieuwe Maas (; "New Meuse") is a distributary of the Rhine River, and a former distributary of the Maas River, in the Dutch province of South Holland. It runs from the confluence of the rivers Noord and Lek, and flows west through Rotterd ...
to the north, the
Oude Maas
The Oude Maas (; en, Old Meuse) is a distributary of the river Rhine, and a former distributary of the river Maas, in the Dutch province of South Holland. It begins at the city of Dordrecht where the Beneden Merwede river splits into the Noo ...
to the south, and the
Noord to the east. The borough is in the island. ''IJssel'' in the name
IJsselmonde refers this island's location at the mouth of the
Hollandse IJssel.
Politics
IJsselmonde is a stronghold of
livable Rotterdam
Livable Rotterdam ( nl, Leefbaar Rotterdam) is a local political party in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, which was founded by Ronald Sørensen in 2001.
Livable Rotterdam won the council elections of March 2002 due to the chari ...
who wins every polling station.
Notable people
Paul de Leeuw
Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.
De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part ...
was born in IJsselmonde.
References
Boroughs of Rotterdam
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