Giessenlanden () is a former municipality in the western

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, in the province of

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

. The municipality covered an area of of which is water, and had a population of as of . The municipality included communities of

Arkel Arkel is a town in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. A part of the municipality of Molenlanden, it lies about 3 km north of Gorinchem. Arkel is a former municipality; in 1986 it became part of Giessenlanden. In 2017, the village of ...

Giessen-Oudekerk Giessen-Oudekerk () is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 8 km west of Gorinchem Gorinchem ( ), pronunciation respelling, also spelled Gorkum, is a city and munic ...

Giessenburg Giessenburg () is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 6 km west of Gorinchem Gorinchem ( ), pronunciation respelling, also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municipality ...

Hoogblokland Hoogblokland is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 4 km north of Gorinchem Gorinchem ( ), pronunciation respelling, also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municip ...

Hoornaar Hoornaar is a town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of South Holland, in the Alblasserwaard, north of the river Merwede and south of the river Lek (river), Lek. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 5 km north of Go ...

Noordeloos Noordeloos is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about north of Gorinchem. In 2013, the town of Noordeloos had 1816 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.14 ...

and

Schelluinen Schelluinen () is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 4 km west of Gorinchem Gorinchem ( ), pronunciation respelling, also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municipal ...

. Cees Bakker was the first mayor of Giessenlanden. On 1 January 2019, it merged with

Molenwaard Molenwaard () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the southeastern part of the province of South Holland, and the northwestern part of the region of Alblasserwaard. It was the result of a merger of the municipalities of Graaf ...

to form the new municipality of

Molenlanden Molenlanden () is a municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The municipality was created on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Giessenlanden en Molenwaard. It is located east of Rotterdam along the Lek. Th ...

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Giessenlanden, June 2015''

Public transportation

The Arkel railway station, on the

Elst–Dordrecht railway The Elst–Dordrecht railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Elst to Dordrecht, passing through Tiel, Geldermalsen and Gorinchem. It is also called the ''Betuwelijn'' ( Batavia line). MerwedeLingelijn is the name of the weste ...

, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.

References

External links

Official website
Molenlanden Former municipalities of South Holland 1986 establishments in the Netherlands States and territories established in 1986 Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019 {{SouthHolland-geo-stub