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51°52′N 4°15′E / 51.867°N 4.250°E / 51.867; 4.250

Place in South Holland, Netherlands
Heenvliet
Coat of arms of HeenvlietCoat of arms
Location of Heenvliet
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
MunicipalityNissewaard
Populationca. 2,700

Heenvliet is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 7 km south of Maassluis, on the Brielse Maas.

Heenvliet was a separate municipality until 1980, when it became part of Bernisse.

In 2001, the town of Heenvliet had 2,675 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.36 km, and contained 1,064 residences. The wider statistical district of Heenvliet, which covers that part of the "Polder Heenvliet" that is in Bernisse, has a population of around 2,700. The historic ruins of Ravesteyn Castle are located in the town.

Heenvliet, Markt with churchtower

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  2. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  3. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse .
  4. "Stichting Stede en Vrye Heerlykheyt". 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2020-05-28.


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