Strijen

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Strijen

Total population

7,861

Coordinates51.74°, 4.55°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Strijen is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality, covering an area of 57.70 km2 (22.28 sq mi) of which 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi) is water, is located on the Hoeksche Waard island along the Hollands Diep estuary. On 1 January 2019 it was merged with the municipalities of Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, and Oud-Beijerland to form the municipality of Hoeksche Waard.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Piet van der Horst

Dutch racing cyclist

Helma Lodders

Dutch politician

Bas Maliepaard

Dutch cyclist (1938–2024)

Wim van Est

Dutch racing cyclist (1923–2003)

Alis Koekkoek

Dutch politician (1945-2005)

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Piet van der Horst jr.

Dutch bicycle racer

Kornelis Eland

politician (1838-1927)

Jaap Burger

Dutch politician (1904–1986)

Matthijs Quispel

Dutch painter (1805-1858)

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Nilda Pinto

Dutch writer in Papiamento (1918-1954)

Jan van den Tempel

Dutch politician (1877–1955)

Nico van Gageldonk

Dutch cyclist (1913-1995)

Gerrit de Jongh

Dutch politician (1845–1917)

Dick Groeneweg

Dutch bicycle racer

Lucius Willem Carel Gerlach

Dutch military personnel, 1835-1926

Hendrick Berckman

Dutch painter (1629-1679)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Holland

• Mookhoek
  1.9 mi away · pop. 457
• Strijensas
  2.3 mi away · pop. 476
• Maasdam
  3.3 mi away · pop. 3,274
• Puttershoek
  4.3 mi away · pop. 6,910
• Westmaas
  4.6 mi away · pop. 2,050
• Mijnsheerenland
  4.8 mi away · pop. 4,486
• Klaaswaal
  5 mi away · pop. 4,055
• Numansdorp
  5.1 mi away · pop. 8,740
• Zwijndrecht
  6.3 mi away · pop. 40,635
• Heerjansdam
  6.4 mi away · pop. 3,790
• Heinenoord
  6.6 mi away · pop. 3,591
• Rijsoord
  7.7 mi away · pop. 2,995

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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