Binnenmaas
Binnenmaas (Template:IPA) was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population in Template:YEAR, and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water. It is named after the lake of the same name.
The municipality was formed on 1 January 1984 by the merger of the municipalities Puttershoek, Maasdam, Mijnsheerenland, Westmaas, and Heinenoord. On 1 January 2007 the municipality 's-Gravendeel was added to Binnenmaas. On 1 January 2019 it was merged with Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland, and Strijen to form the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.<ref>Wet samenvoeging gemeenten Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland en Strijen, 11 July 2018, accessed at overheid.nl</ref>
The municipality of Binnenmaas consists of the following communities: Blaaksedijk, De Wacht, Goidschalxoord, 's-Gravendeel, Greup, Heinenoord, Kuipersveer, Maasdam, Maasdijk, Mijnsheerenland, Puttershoek, Reedijk, Schenkeldijk, Sint Anthoniepolder, Westdijk, Westmaas and Zwanegat.
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Binnenmaas, June 2015.