Charlois () is a neighbourhood of the Dutch city of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

. It is located on the south bank of the

Nieuwe Maas The Nieuwe Maas (; "New Meuse") is a distributary of the Rhine River, and a former distributary of the Meuse (river), Maas River, in the Netherlands, Dutch Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland. It runs from the confluence of th ...

. Charlois used to be a separate municipality until 1895, when it became part of Rotterdam.

History

Charlois used to have an airport. Waalhaven airport as it was called, was the second civilian airport in service in the Netherlands after Schiphol during the period from 1920 to 1940. The airport was destroyed by the Dutch army so it would not get in the hands of the invading German Wehrmacht during World War II.

People

* Leo Beenhakker (born 1942), coach of Trinidad and Tobago for the 2006 World Cup

References

Former municipalities of South Holland Boroughs of Rotterdam Neighbourhoods of Rotterdam {{SouthHolland-geo-stub