South Holland

This article is about the province of the Netherlands. For the town in the United States, see South Holland, Illinois; for the district of Lincolnshire, see South Holland, England

South Holland (Dutch Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. It is one of the most densely populated and industrialized of the provinces. Neighbouring provinces are Zeeland to the southwest, Noord Brabant to the southeast, Gelderland to the east, Utrecht to the northeast and Noord-Holland to the north.

It contains the major cities of The Hague (Den Haag or s-Gravenhage) (the seat of government of the country and the seat of the International Court of Justice) and Rotterdam. Leiden, Delft and Gouda have town centers with many 17th-century buildings. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours. Zoetermeer is a very new city, most of it is created in the year 1970.

Rivers and other bodies of water include Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, Hollands Diep.

Municipalities

1. Alblasserdam [1]
2. Albrandswaard [1]
3. Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr) [1]
4. Alphen aan den Rijn (fr) [1]
5. Barendrecht [1]
6. Bergambacht [1]
7. Bergschenhoek [1]
8. Berkel en Rodenrijs [1]
9. Bernisse [1]
10. Binnenmaas
11. Bleiswijk [1]
12. Bodegraven [1]
13. Boskoop [1]
14. Brielle [1]
15. Capelle aan den IJssel [1]
16. Cromstrijen [1]
17. Delft (fr) [1]
18. Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
19. Dirksland [1]
20. Dordrecht [1]
21. Giessenlanden [1]
22. Goedereede [1]
23. Gorinchem [1]
24. Gouda [1]
25. Graafstroom
26. 's-Gravendeel
27. Hardinxveld-Giessendam [1]
28. Hellevoetsluis [1]
29. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht [1]
30. Hillegom (th) [1]
31. Jacobswoude [1]
32. Katwijk (th, except Hoornes and Rijnsoever: fr) [1]
33. Korendijk [1]
34. Krimpen aan den IJssel [1]
35. Leerdam [1]
36. Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr) [1]
37. Leiderdorp (fr) [1]
38. Leidschendam-Voorburg [1]
39. Liemeer [1]
40. Liesveld
41. Lisse (th) [1]
42. Maassluis [1]
43. Middelharnis [1]
44. Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
45. Moordrecht [1]
46. Nederlek [1]
47. Nieuw-Lekkerland [1]
48. Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel [1]
49. Nieuwkoop [1]
50. Noordwijk (th) [1]
51. Noordwijkerhout (fr) [1]
52. Oegstgeest (fr) [1]
53. Oostflakkee [1]
54. Oud-Beijerland [1]
55. Ouderkerk [1]
56. Papendrecht [1]
57. Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
58. Reeuwijk [1]
59. Ridderkerk [1]
60. Rijnsburg (fr) [1]
61. Rijnwoude [1]
62. Rijswijk [1]
63. Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
64. Rozenburg [1]
65. Sassenheim (th)
66. Schiedam [1]
67. Schoonhoven [1]
68. Sliedrecht [1]
69. Spijkenisse [1]
70. Strijen [1]
71. Ter Aar [1]
72. Valkenburg (fr)
73. Vlaardingen [1]
74. Vlist [1]
75. Voorhout (fr)
76. Voorschoten (fr) [1]
77. Waddinxveen [1]
78. Warmond
79. Wassenaar [1]
80. Westland (until 2004 De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen)
81. Westvoorne [1]
82. Zederik [1]
83. Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle [1]
84. Zoetermeer (th) [1]
85. Zoeterwoude [1]
86. Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam [1], [1]

Possibly Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond will be merged in the future.

Links to municipalities arranged according to location

(please add more municipalities)
Hillegom Lisse Noordwijk Katwijk Leiden Alphen aan den Rijn Wassenaar Voorschoten Bodegraven Leidschendam-Voorburg The Hague Zoetermeer Gouda Rijswijk Nootdorp Delft Capelle aan den IJssel Westland Vlaardingen Schiedam Rotterdam Barendrecht Zwijndrecht Dordrecht Sliedrecht Gorinchem

Islands

• Rozenburg
• *Rozenburg [1]
• *part of Rotterdam (Botlek [1], Europoort [1], Maasvlakte [1]
• *part of Rotterdam
• *Albrandswaard [1] [1] [1] [1]
• *Zwijndrecht [1], Voorne-Putten
• *[[Westvoorne]" class="external">[1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1]
• Hoeksche Waard (the six municipalities are possibly merged in 2005 or 2006)
• *Oud-Beijerland Binnenmaas
• *[['s-Gravendeel]" class="external">[1]
• *part of Korendijk [1] [1] [1]
• Eiland van Dordrecht [1] Goedereede
• *Dirksland
• *Middelharnis
• *[[Oostflakkee]" class="external">[1].
• Tiengemeten
• *part of Korendijk [1]

  Subdivisions