Editing Westland (municipality), Netherlands

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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Westland
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Westland s-gravenzande 2.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Greenhouses near [['s-Gravenzande]]
| image_flag              = Westland municipality flag.svg
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| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Westland.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1783 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Westland in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|0|N|4|13|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]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 2004<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2004/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2004
 |trans-title = Municipal divisions on 1 January 2004
 |language = nl
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |access-date = 28 August 2013}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = 
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Bouke Arends]]
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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|Westland}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Westland}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Westland}}
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| population_demonym      = Westlander
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2290–2295, 2670–2694
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0174
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.gemeentewestland.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Westland''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋɛstlɑnt|-|Nl-Westland.ogg}}) is a [[municipality]] in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. It covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Westland}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Westland}}|km2|abbr=on}} is covered by water and had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Westland}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

Towns and other settlements: [[De Lier]], [['s-Gravenzande]], [[Monster, Netherlands|Monster]], [[Naaldwijk]], [[Wateringen]], [[Heenweg]], [[Honselersdijk]], [[Kwintsheul]], [[Maasdijk, Westland|Maasdijk]], [[Poeldijk]], and [[Ter Heijde]].

==History==
Westland was created on 1 January 2004 by a merger of the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen.<ref>[http://wetten.overheid.nl/cgi-bin/deeplink/law1/title=Wet%20tot%20gemeentelijke%20herindeling%20van%20het%20Westland Law on merger, in Dutch, with map]</ref> These are also the names of five of the [[town|settlements]]. The others are Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde. Westland itself is not the name of a settlement or town, but rather of the region. The City Hall is located in the middle of Westland, in Naaldwijk, the second largest [[town|settlement]] in Westland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gemeentewestland.nl/smartsite.shtml?id=5902&ch=INT |title=Gemeente Westland |website=www.gemeentewestland.nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922044352/http://www.gemeentewestland.nl/smartsite.shtml?id=5902&ch=INT |archive-date=2008-09-22}} </ref>

The town of Honselersdijk also possesses the largest Flower Auction, [[FloraHolland]], which also has a location in [[Rijnsburg]]. This is a very important sector of the Westland [[economy]]. Flowers produced in Westland are sold all over the world.

Coastal towns are Ter Heijde (near Monster), Monster itself and 's-Gravenzande. These towns are popular with [[Germany|Germans]] and people from the Eastern Netherlands. It is not unknown for every holiday campsite to be fully booked with tourists because of their relative proximity to the more popular [[Scheveningen]].

==Wider area==
[[File:2013-Westland.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|left|Dutch Topographic map of Westland, July 2013]]
Westland is part of the [[Haaglanden]] conurbation.

In a wider sense, [[Westland, region of the Netherlands|Westland]] is also the name of the region south-west of the line [[The Hague]] - [[Delft]] - [[Rotterdam]], approximately consisting of the municipalities Westland and [[Midden-Delfland]], as well as [[Hook of Holland]] (municipality of [[Rotterdam]]).

Westland is most known for its horticulture in [[greenhouse]]s, growing [[flower]]s and [[vegetable]]s.

[[File:Westland, Hook of Holland, and Europoort.JPG|thumb|left|750px|Aerial view of Westland (in the image center); behind it: [[Hook of Holland]] (the sharp-shaped [[promontory]]), [[Europoort]] (in between the two rivers), and [[Maasvlakte]] (protruding into the sea)]]
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== Notable people ==
[[File:Franco Petri Burgersdijk.jpg|140px|thumb|Franco Petri Burgersdijk, ca.1620]]
[[File:Portrait of Maria van Aerden-Ponderus.jpg|140px|thumb|Maria van Aerden-Ponderus, ca.1700]]
[[File:Kees Broekman 1968.jpg|140px|thumb|Kees Broekman, 1968]]
[[File:Mandy-van-den-berg-1314038940.jpg|140px|thumb|Mandy van den Berg, 2011]]
* [[Martinus Dorpius]] (1485 in Naaldwijk – 1525) a humanist, friend and correspondent of [[Erasmus]] 
* [[Arnold Vinnius]] (1588 in Monster – 1657) a leading jurist
* [[Franco Burgersdijk]] (1590 in De Lier – 1635) a Dutch [[logician]] 
* [[Maria Ponderus]] (1672 in Monster – 1764), an art collector and [[hofje]] founder
* [[Gerrit van Poelje]] (1884 in Maasdijk – 1976) a Dutch civil servant, lawyer and Public Administration scholar
* [[Peter Van de Wetering]] (1931 in Naaldwijk – 2014) an American horticulturist and nurseryman
* [[Huub en Adelheid Kortekaas|Huub Kortekaas]] (born 1935 in 's-Gravenzande) a Dutch sculptor
* [[Sander Jan Klerk]] a Dutch Actor.
* [[Rein Welschen]] (1941–2013) Dutch politician, acting Mayor of Westland in 2014
* [[Hans Strikwerda]] (born 1952 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic 
* [[Marc Lankhorst]] (born 1968 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch computer scientist, researcher and consultant, works on [[enterprise architecture]] and [[ArchiMate]] 
* [[Anneliese Van Der Pol]] (born 1984 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch-American actress and singer <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1156809/  IMDb Database] retrieved 07 October 2019</ref>

=== Sport ===
* [[Cornelis van Dalen]] (1885 in Monster – 1953) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Hans Houtzager]] (1910 in Honselersdijk – 1993) a Dutch hammer thrower, competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wim van der Voort]] (1923 in 's-Gravenzande – 2016) a Dutch speed skater, silver medalist at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Kees Broekman]] (1927 in De Lier – 1992) a Dutch former speed skater, silver medalist at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Leo van Vliet]] (born 1955 in Honselersdijk) a former professional racing cyclist
* [[Jutta Leerdam]] a Dutch Speedskater
* [[Gerrit Solleveld]] (born 1961 in De Lier) a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer
* [[Menno Boelsma]] (born 1961 in Monster) a retired speed skater, competed at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Patrick van der Meer]] (born 1971 in Wateringen) a Dutch dressage rider, competed at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Marinus Dijkhuizen]] (born 1972 in 's-Gravenzande) a Dutch football manager, coach and former player with 365 club caps
* [[Oscar Moens]] (born 1973 in 's-Gravenzande) a former Dutch footballer with 401 club caps
* [[Guus Vogels]] (born 1975 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, gold medallist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1966]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Stefan Aartsen]] (born 1975 in 's-Gravenzande) a former butterfly swimmer, competed at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ricardo van der Ende]] (born 1979 in Poeldijk) a Dutch racing driver
* [[Johan Voskamp]] (born 1984 in De Lier) a Dutch footballer with over 280 club caps
* [[Mandy Mulder]] (born 1987 in Poeldijk) a sailor, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Thiemo de Bakker]] (born 1988 in 's-Gravenzande) a Dutch tennis player
* [[Mandy van den Berg]] (born 1990 in Naaldwijk) a Dutch football defender
* [[Arantxa Rus]] (born 1990) a Dutch tennis player, lives in Monster 
* [[Kiki Bertens]] (born 1991 in Wateringen) a Dutch tennis player
* [[Lara van Ruijven]] (born 1992 in Naaldwijk - 2020) a Dutch short track speed skater

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

==External links==
{{commons category|Westland}}
* [http://www.gemeentewestland.nl Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Westland
|North     = [[The Hague]]
|Northeast = [[Rijswijk]]
|East      = [[Midden-Delfland]]
|Southeast = [[Maassluis]]
|South     = [[Rotterdam]]
|West      = ''[[North Sea]]''
}}

{{South Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Westland (municipality), Netherlands| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2004]]