Onwaard is a former municipality in the
Dutch
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province of
South Holland
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. It was located east of the village of
Melissant on the island
Goeree-Overflakkee
Goeree-Overflakkee () is the southernmost river delta, delta island of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is separated from Voorne-Putten and Hoeksche Waard by the Haringvliet, from the mainland of North ...
. The municipality contained no villages nor hamlets; only a few farms. It consisted of a number of small
polder
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s: Onwaard, Oud-Kraaijer, Kraaijenisse, and part of the Nieuw-Kraaijer polder.
The municipality existed between 1817 and 1857, when it merged with Melissant.
It had 170 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century.
References
Former municipalities of South Holland
Goeree-Overflakkee
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