Geervliet

Town in South Holland province, Netherlands

Place in South Holland, Netherlands

Coat of arms

The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Geervliet in the former municipality of Bernisse.

Coordinates: 51°52′N 4°16′E / 51.867°N 4.267°E / 51.867; 4.267CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityNissewaardPopulation

(2006)

1,759

Geervliet is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 6 km northwest of Spijkenisse on the Brielse Meer. It received city rights in 1381.

Geervliet was a separate municipality until 1980, when it became part of Bernisse.^[1]

Demographics

In 2001, the town of Geervliet had 1670 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.34 km², and contained 687 residences.^[2] The wider statistical district of Geervliet, which covers the entire "Polder Geervliet" has a population of around 2290.^[3] This includes the 290 inhabitants of the village Simonshaven.

Notable residents

Stars Over Foy, DJ and producer

References

^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 "CBS - Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001". Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2007.. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse [1]^{[permanent dead link]}