Albrandswaard

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Albrandswaard (Template:IPA) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population as of Template:YEAR, and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.

The municipality of Albrandswaard consists of the villages of Poortugaal in the west and Rhoon in the east. They were separate municipalities until 1985. The name was taken from the historic municipality of Albrandswaard en Kijvelanden, which existed until 1842, when it joined Poortugaal.<ref>Template:Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten</ref> Albrandswaard actually is a polder located between Rhoon and Poortugaal.

Both villages have a metro station on Rotterdam Metro line D (Poortugaal station and Rhoon station), which connect them to Rotterdam and to the main railway network from Rotterdam Centraal in the east, and to Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse in the west.

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Topographic map of the municipality of Albrandswaard, Sept. 2014.

Notable people

Hendrik Swalmius (1577 in Rhoon – 1649), a theologian painted by Frans Hals
Eleazar Swalmius (1582 in Rhoon – 1652), a theologian painted by Rembrandt
Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847 in Rhoon – 1919), a malacologist
Hesterine de Reus (born 1961 in Poortugaal), a former soccer player and coach
Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), a former politician and art historian; grew up in Rhoon
Sander Fischer (born 1988 in Rhoon), a professional footballer with over 300 club caps