Krimpenerwaard
Krimpenerwaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrɪmpənərˌʋaːrt]) is a municipality, a region and a former water board of the Netherlands. It is a rural area located in the east of the province of South Holland, just south of Gouda and east of the Rotterdam conurbation. It is bordered on the north by the river Hollandse IJssel, on the south by the river Lek and on the east by the stream Vlist.
Krimpenerwaard | |
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Municipality | |
Krimpenerwaard landscape on an October morning in 2009 | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in South Holland | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′N 4°47′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Established | 1 January 2015 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Pieter Paans (VVD) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 0180/0182 |
| Website | www |
Krimpenerwaard obtains its name from the fact that "Krimp" used to mean a bend in a river and "Waard" is the Dutch word for an interfluvial area between the winter dikes of different river channels (in this case, the Lek and the Hollandse IJssel). There are other such waarden in this area. The Lopikerwaard lies to the east; the Zuidplaspolder to the west. The name Krimpenerwaard first appeared in the historical records in 944.
The municipality is named after the region Krimpenerwaard and was formed by a merger of the municipalities of Nederlek, Ouderkerk, Vlist, Bergambacht and Schoonhoven on 1 January 2015.