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Dirksland (population: 8,269 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 74.15 km² (of which 18.59 km² water).


The municipality of Dirksland also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Herkingen, Melissant.


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Map South Holland with numbered municipalities

South Holland -- Dirksland = 19

1 Alblasserdam | 2 Albrandswaard | 3 Alkemade | 4 Alphen aan den Rijn | 5 Barendrecht | 6 Bergambacht | 7 Bergschenhoek | 8 Berkel en Rodenrijs | 9 Bernisse | 10 Binnenmaas | 11 Bleiswijk | 12 Bodegraven | 13 Boskoop | 14 Brielle | 15 Capelle aan den IJssel | 16 Cromstrijen | 17 Delft | 18 Den Haag (The Hague) | 19 Dirksland | 20 Dordrecht | 21 Giessenlanden | 22 Goedereede | 23 Gorinchem | 24 Gouda | 25 Graafstroom | 26 's-Gravendeel | 27 Hardinxveld-Giessendam | 28 Hellevoetsluis | 29 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht | 30 Hillegom | 31 Jacobswoude | 32 Katwijk | 33 Korendijk | 34 Krimpen aan den IJssel | 35 Leerdam | 36 Leiden | 37 Leiderdorp | 38 Leidschendam-Voorburg | 39 Liemeer | 40 Liesveld | 41 Lisse | 42 Maassluis | 43 Middelharnis | 44 Midden-Delfland | 45 Moordrecht | 46 Nederlek | 47 Nieuw-Lekkerland | 48 Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel | 49 Nieuwkoop | 50 Noordwijk | 51 Noordwijkerhout | 52 Oegstgeest | 53 Oostflakkee | 54 Oud-Beijerland | 55 Ouderkerk | 56 Papendrecht | 57 Pijnacker-Nootdorp | 58 Reeuwijk | 59 Ridderkerk | 60 Rijnsburg | 61 Rijnwoude | 62 Rijswijk | 63 Rotterdam | 64 Rozenburg | 65 Sassenheim | 66 Schiedam | 67 Schoonhoven | 68 Sliedrecht | 69 Spijkenisse | 70 Strijen | 71 Ter Aar | 72 Valkenburg | 73 Vlaardingen | 74 Vlist | 75 Voorhout | 76 Voorschoten | 77 Waddinxveen | 78 Warmond | 79 Wassenaar | 80 Westland | 81 Westvoorne | 82 Zederik | 83 Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle | 84 Zoetermeer | 85 Zoeterwoude | 86 Zwijndrecht


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Issue from this marriage, (1) Willem, christened 9-3-1766 Middelharnis, (2) Annetje, christened 22-5-1768 Middelharnis, (3) Cornelis (Leenderts), christened 2-6-1771 Dirksland, died 15-1-1826 Sommelsdijk, married 13-5-1800 Stellendam, Pieternella van Es, christened 19-8-1764 Dirksland, died 1-5-1822 Sommelsdijk, daughter of Francois Leunisz.
Tiggelman, christened 30-11-1783 Dirksland, died 17-4-1837 Dirksland, son of Jan Gerrits Tiggelman and Maria Adrianus Roodzant, (6) Leendert Leendertsz., christened 5-8-1781 Dirksland, died 11-7-1858 Dirksland, married 24-10-1806 Dirksland, Hester Leenderts Knape, christened 11-10-1789 Dirksland, died 17-3-1870 Dirksland, daughter of Leendert Leendertsz.
According to a source that I was unable to track down, the Cornelis Noorman who married Ariaantje Roskam was born 8-10-1746 Dirksland and was not the same as the one who married Tannetje van Dijke.
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After the island Flakkee arose from the sea in the middle ages, Dirksland became the first settlement on the island.
In the 15th century, when the embankmant of the area was started, the village grew by the arrival of the workmen and a church was built.
The municipality Dirksland nowadays exists, apart of Dirksland, of the villages Herkingen and Melissant.
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