Editing Rotterdam (section)

===Composition===
{{See also|Districts and neighbourhoods of Rotterdam}}
The [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of Rotterdam is part of the [[Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area]] which, as of 2015, covers an area of 1,130&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, of which 990&nbsp;km&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> is land, and has a population of approximately 2,563,197. As of 2019, the municipality itself occupies an area of 325.79&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, 208.80&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of which is land, and is home to 638,751 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |last=World Population Review |date=2019 |title=Population of Cities in Netherlands (2019) |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/netherlands-population/cities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711093539/http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/netherlands-population/cities/ |archive-date=11 July 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> Its population peaked at 731,564 in 1965, but the dual processes of [[suburbanization]] and [[counterurbanization]] saw this number steadily decline over the next 2 decades, reaching 560,000 by 1985.<ref>{{cite web |last=The Joseph Rowntree Foundation |date=2016 |title=International cities: case studies Rotterdam |url=https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/files-research/international_cities_rotterdam.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711093545/https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/files-research/international_cities_rotterdam.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Pijbes 2016">{{cite web |last=Pijbes |first=Wim |date=November 2016 |title=Rotterdam city of culture and tourist destination: a study |url=https://iabrotterdam.com/iab-en/assets/File/Analysis%20by%20Wim%20Pijbes.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014032100/https://iabrotterdam.com/iab-en/assets/File/Analysis%20by%20Wim%20Pijbes.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> Although Rotterdam has experienced population growth since then, it has done so at a slower pace than comparable cities in the Netherlands, like Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.<ref name="Pijbes 2016" />

Rotterdam consists of 14 submunicipalities: [[Rotterdam Centrum|Centrum]], [[Charlois]] (including Heijplaat), [[Delfshaven]], [[Feijenoord]], [[Hillegersberg-Schiebroek]], [[Hook of Holland]], [[Hoogvliet]], [[IJsselmonde, Rotterdam|IJsselmonde]], [[Kralingen-Crooswijk]], [[Noord, Rotterdam|Noord]], [[Overschie]], [[Pernis, Netherlands|Pernis]], and [[Prins Alexander]] (the most populous submunicipality with around 85,000 inhabitants). One other area, [[Rozenburg]], does have an official submunicipality status since 18 March 2010. Since the status of a [[Deelgemeente|submunicipality]] was lifted on 19 March 2014, it became an integral part of the municipality of Rotterdam.

The size of the municipality of Rotterdam is the result of the amalgamation of the following former municipalities,<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref> some of which were a [[Deelgemeente|submunicipality]] prior to 19 March 2014:

*[[Delfshaven]] (added on 30 January 1886)
*[[Charlois]] (added on 28 February 1895)
*[[Kralingen]] (added on 28 February 1895)
*[[Hoogvliet]] (added on 1 May 1934)
*[[Pernis, Netherlands|Pernis]] (added on 1 May 1934)
*[[Hillegersberg]] (added on 1 August 1941)
*[[IJsselmonde, Rotterdam|IJsselmonde]] (added on 1 August 1941)
*[[Overschie]] (added on 1 August 1941)
*[[Schiebroek]] (added on 1 August 1941)
*[[Rozenburg]] (added on 18 March 2010)