Giessenlanden
Template:Infobox settlement Giessenlanden (Template:IPA) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water, and had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population as of Template:YEAR. The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giessen-Oudekerk, Giessenburg, Hoogblokland, Hoornaar, Noordeloos and Schelluinen.
Cees Bakker was the first mayor of Giessenlanden.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 1 January 2019, it merged with Molenwaard to form the new municipality of Molenlanden.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Topography
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Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Giessenlanden, June 2015
Public transportation
[edit]The Arkel railway station, on the Elst–Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.