Westland (population: 97,270 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of 90.59 km² (of which 10.69 km² is covered by water).

It was created on 1 January 2004 by a merger of the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen. These are also the names of five of the settlements. The others are Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde. Westland itself is not the name of a settlement.

Westland is also the name of an area, which is known for it's flowers and vegetables, and in Honselersdijk is the worlds largest company that sales flowers by auction settled. This is a very important sector for the economy of Westland. Flowers produced in Westland go all over the world.

Beach resorts are Ter Heijde (near Monster), Monster itself and 's-Gravenzande.

's-Gravenzande

's-Gravenzande is a town in the southwest corner of the Westland. It received city rights in 1246.

Wider area

In a wider sense the Westland is the area south-west of the line The Hague - Rotterdam , approximately consisting of the municipalities Westland and Midden-Delfland, as well as Hoek van Holland (mun. Rotterdam).

It is well known for its horticulture in greenhouses.

External link

• http://www.gemeentewestland.nl/
• Law on merger, in Dutch, with map (http://wetten.overheid.nl/cgi-bin/deeplink/law1/title=Wet%20tot%20gemeentelijke%20herindeling%20van%20het%20Westland)
• http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentewateringen/

South Holland -- Westland, Netherlands = 80

• MapQuest map of Westland, Netherlands (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Westland%2C_Netherlands&country=nl)
• interactive map of South Holland (http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gemprovin.htm#ZH)
• basic data of Westland, Netherlands (http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gem102zh.htm)

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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