Cromstrijen

Cromstrijen
Cromstrijen
Former municipality
	Water tower in Klaaswaal
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in South Holland
	Coordinates: 51°44′N 4°26′E / 51.733°N 4.433°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Established	1 January 1984
Merged	2019
Area
• Total	70.33 km2 (27.15 sq mi)
• Land	54.37 km2 (20.99 sq mi)
• Water	15.96 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	data missing
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	3280–3281, 3286
Area code	0186
Website	www.cromstrijen.nl

Cromstrijen (Dutch: [krɔmˈstrɛiə(n)] ^ⓘ; Cromstrien in local dialect) was a municipality on the Hoeksche Waard Island in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 70.33 km² (27.15 sq mi) of which 15.96 km² (6.16 sq mi) is water. It was formed on 1 January 1984, when the municipalities on the Hoeksche Waard were merged into larger municipalities. On 1 January 2019 it was merged with the municipalities of Binnenmaas, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland, and Strijen to form the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.

The municipality of Cromstrijen consists of the communities Klaaswaal and Numansdorp (townhall).

Its population was data missing in 2021.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cromstrijen, June 2015

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 3281LK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.