Editing Bernisse

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Bernisse
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Kerkinoudenhoorn.JPG
| image_alt               = Picture of a church
| image_caption           = Church in [[Oudenhoorn]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Bernisse.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = Three horizontal bands, top and bottom green with white saltires (4 on top and 2 on bottom). The centre band and contains a blue curved line from side to side.
| image_shield            = 
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = Shield with crown. The right side is white with vertical blue line. The top left is yellow with a red lion rampant. 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0568 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Bernisse in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|51|N|4|15|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Nissewaard]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Bernisse}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Bernisse}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Bernisse}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 3216AG
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 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 14 July 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0
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| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Bernisse}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Bernisse}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 3211–3218, 3227
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0181
| twin1                   = 
| twin1_country           = 
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.gemeentebernisse.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}

'''Bernisse''' ({{IPA|nl|bɛrˈnɪsə|-|Nl-Bernisse.ogg}}) is a village and former municipality in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of [[Nissewaard]].

The former municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Bernisse}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}, and covered an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Bernisse}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Bernisse}}|km2|abbr=on}} was water.

The former municipality was named after the [[Bernisse (river)|river Bernisse]], which flows right through it from the [[Spui (river)|Spui]] to the [[Brielse Meer]] and separates the [[estuary]] [[island]]s of [[Voorne-Putten|Voorne and Putten]].

The former municipality of Bernisse consisted of the following communities: [[Abbenbroek]], [[Biert, Bernisse|Biert]], [[Geervliet]], [[Heenvliet]], [[Oudenhoorn]], [[Simonshaven]], [[Zuidland]].

The municipality of Bernisse was formed on January 1, 1980, through the amalgamation of the municipalities Abbenbroek, Oudenhoorn, Zuidland, and parts of the municipalities Geervliet (including Simonshaven) and Heenvliet.

[[Image:RMSDeltaNorth.jpg|thumb|none|Satellite image of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing the Bernisse river (q) and the islands of Voorne (4) and Putten (5)]]

==Topography==
[[Image:2013-Bernisse.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the former municipality of Bernisse, 2013.''

== Notable people ==
* [[Dirk van Hogendorp (1761–1822)|Dirk van Hogendorp]] (1761 in Heenvliet – 1822) a somewhat ''"troublesome"'' Dutch officer and author
* [[Maarten den Bakker]] (born 1969 in Abbenbroek) a retired road bicycle racer, competed in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Alexander van Oudenaarden]] (1970 in Zuidland) a Dutch biophysicist and systems biologist
* [[Chanella Stougje]] (born 1996 in Zuidland) a Dutch professional racing cyclist

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bernisse}}
*{{Official website|http://www.gemeentebernisse.nl }}
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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Bernisse
|North     = [[Rotterdam]]<br>''[[Hartel Canal]]''
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Spijkenisse]]
|Southeast = ''[[Spui (river)|Spui]]'' / [[Korendijk]]
|South     = ''[[Haringvliet]]''<br>[[Goeree-Overflakkee]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Hellevoetsluis]]
|Northwest = [[Brielle]]
}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1980 establishments in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1980]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2015]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Nissewaard]]


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