Hoeksche Waard

<h2 id="former-municipalities">Former municipalities</h2>
<p>The Hoeksche Waard formerly consisted of the following <a href="/facts/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands/FTWN3d8A">municipalities</a> until these were merged on 1 January 2019:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Binnenmaas/pdrp8NTf">Binnenmaas</a> (villages <a href="/facts/Blaaksedijk/9sVjk9rF">Blaaksedijk</a>, <a href="/facts/Heinenoord/NJldgmHz">Heinenoord</a>, <a href="/facts/Goidschalxoord/I77Lf0IW">Goidschalxoord</a>, <a href="/facts/Maasdam/L7lWDkHx">Maasdam</a>, <a href="/facts/Mijnsheerenland/rwKNFvDs">Mijnsheerenland</a>, <a href="/facts/Puttershoek/pwDwYMue">Puttershoek</a>, <a href="/facts/Westmaas/CQEF63Mv">Westmaas</a> and <a href="/facts/%2527s-Gravendeel/YSzkTLqu">'s-Gravendeel</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cromstrijen/mfWdeUn3">Cromstrijen</a> (villages <a href="/facts/Klaaswaal/4Lrc4TgI">Klaaswaal</a> and <a href="/facts/Numansdorp/DC7o0fSN">Numansdorp</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Korendijk/doEJWqvA">Korendijk</a> (villages <a href="/facts/Goudswaard/1fvWqBwP">Goudswaard</a>, <a href="/facts/Nieuw-Beijerland/tXNAsUAb">Nieuw-Beijerland</a>, <a href="/facts/Piershil/QNtzHu5q">Piershil</a> and <a href="/facts/Zuid-Beijerland/s2cItEVL">Zuid-Beijerland</a>, and the island of <a href="/facts/Tiengemeten/UzDoVrvy">Tiengemeten</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Oud-Beijerland/uQItv698">Oud-Beijerland</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Strijen/7gJSHADg">Strijen</a> (villages <a href="/facts/Cillaarshoek/5Ktbv8Du">Cillaarshoek</a>, <a href="/facts/Mookhoek/qDN28F0F">Mookhoek</a>, Strijen and <a href="/facts/Strijensas/Kzn9xfpG">Strijensas</a>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="surrounding-waters">Surrounding waters</h2>
<p>The Hoeksche Waard is separated:
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<ul><li>from <a href="/facts/IJsselmonde_(island)/S1QrRexR">IJsselmonde</a> island on the north by the <a href="/facts/Oude_Maas/jfXhDTro">Oude Maas</a> (tunnel)</li>
<li>from <a href="/facts/Voorne-Putten/0hUP6GXL">Voorne-Putten</a> island on the west by the <a href="/facts/Spui_(river)/1hWRA35E">Spui</a> (ferry)</li>
<li>from the island of <a href="/facts/Dordrecht/nQxnbbj9">Dordrecht</a> on the east by the <a href="/facts/Dordtsche_Kil/hE1LKkHl">Dordtsche Kil</a> (tunnel)</li>
<li>from <a href="/facts/Goeree-Overflakkee/oBbv1Xtl">Goeree-Overflakkee</a> island on the southwest by the <a href="/facts/Haringvliet/wJD48uSB">Haringvliet</a> (bridge)</li>
<li>from the Province of <a href="/facts/North_Brabant/Q7rr5VeL">North Brabant</a> on the southeast by the <a href="/facts/Hollands_Diep/15v6rDb3">Hollands Diep</a> (bridge)</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<p> Media related to Hoeksche Waard at Wikimedia Commons 
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Karel Leenders (1999). "Geschiedenis van de Hoeksche Waard" (in Dutch). <a href="http://users.bart.nl/~leenders/txt/hoeksew1.html" target="_blank">http://users.bart.nl/~leenders/txt/hoeksew1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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