Westland (municipality), Netherlands

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Template:Other uses Template:Infobox settlement Westland (Template:IPA) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is covered by water and had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population in Template:YEAR.

Towns and other settlements: De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk, Wateringen, Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde.

History

Westland was created on 1 January 2004 by a merger of the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen.<ref>Law on merger, in Dutch, with map</ref> 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 or town, but rather of the region. The City Hall is located in the middle of Westland, in Naaldwijk, the second largest settlement in Westland.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>

The town of Honselersdijk also possesses the largest Flower Auction, FloraHolland, which also has a location in Rijnsburg. This is a very important sector of the Westland economy. Flowers produced in Westland are sold all over the world.

Coastal towns are Ter Heijde (near Monster), Monster itself and 's-Gravenzande. These towns are popular with Germans and people from the Eastern Netherlands. It is not unknown for every holiday campsite to be fully booked with tourists because of their relative proximity to the more popular Scheveningen.

Wider area

Dutch Topographic map of Westland, July 2013

Westland is part of the Haaglanden conurbation.

In a wider sense, Westland is also the name of the region south-west of the line The Hague - Delft - Rotterdam, approximately consisting of the municipalities Westland and Midden-Delfland, as well as Hook of Holland (municipality of Rotterdam).

Westland is most known for its horticulture in greenhouses, growing flowers and vegetables.

Aerial view of Westland (in the image center); behind it: Hook of Holland (the sharp-shaped promontory), Europoort (in between the two rivers), and Maasvlakte (protruding into the sea)

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Education

Westand has ten schools for primary education, located in Naaldwijk, De Lier, ´s Gravenzande and Monster.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Secondary schools in Westland collaborate in Samenwerkingsverband Voortgezet Onderwijs Westland (Collaborative relation for Secondary Education in Westland), which also includes schools from surrounding municipalities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Westland has one school for post-secondary education, MBO Westland, a school for middle-level applied education.

Secondary schools

Interdenominational Schools Westland (ISW) - Lucas Educational Foundation

  • Hoogeland (Naaldwijk)
  • Praktijkcollege Westland (Naaldwijk)
  • Vakcollege Westland (Naaldwijk)
  • Irenestraat (Poeldijk)
  • Sweelincklaan (´s Gravenzande)
  • Gasthuislaan (´s Gravenzande)

Lentiz Foundation

  • Floracollege (Naaldwijk)
  • Daltoncollege (Naaldwijk)
  • Novilab (Naaldwijk)

Foundation Herman Boeren for Special Education

  • Herman Broerencollege (Naaldwijk and Monster)

Notable people

Franco Petri Burgersdijk, ca.1620
Maria van Aerden-Ponderus, ca.1700
Kees Broekman, 1968
Mandy van den Berg, 2011

Sport

References

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