Albrandswaard () is a municipality in the western

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, in the province of

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. The municipality had a population of as of , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Albrandswaard consists of the villages 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

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line D ( Poortugaal station and Rhoon station), which connect them to

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and to the main

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network from Rotterdam Centraal in the east, and to Hoogvliet and

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in the west.

Notable people

* Hendrik Swalmius (1577 in Rhoon – 1649), a theologian painted by

Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, ; ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate thei ...

* Eleazar Swalmius (1582 in Rhoon – 1652), a theologian painted by

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

Mattheus Marinus Schepman Mattheus Marinus Schepman (17 August 1847 – 19 November 1919) was a Dutch malacologist. He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors. Dutch collector ...

(1847 in Rhoon – 1919), a

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

* 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

File:Kasteel van Rhoon Bijgebouw.JPG, Kasteel van Rhoon Bijgebouw File:WLM - RobertsNL - 32180 (2).jpg, Hervormde Kerk, Poortugaal File:Oude Maas.JPG, De Oude Maas ter hoogte van Heinenoord File:Overzicht voorgevel met toppilasters - Rhoon - 20376624 - RCE.jpg, Overzicht voorgevel met toppilasters - Rhoon

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of South Holland IJsselmonde (island) {{SouthHolland-geo-stub