Blokland, South Holland (original) (raw)
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Hamlet in South Holland, Netherlands
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 Blokland in the municipality of Liemeer. |
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| Coordinates: 52°11′32″N 4°46′24″E / 52.19222°N 4.77333°E / 52.19222; 4.77333 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Nieuwkoop |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Blokland is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Liemeer, and lies about 12 km northeast of Alphen aan den Rijn.[1]
The area Blokland, in which the hamlet is located, used to be part of Uithoorn, but became part of Mijdrecht in 1811.[2] The eastern half of the area, Polder Blokland, still is part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen in the province of Utrecht (which includes Mijdrecht); the western half of the area, part of Polder Zevenhoven, is part of Liemeer in the province South Holland. Confusingly, the hamlet itself lies in Polder Zevenhoven; the houses in Polder Blokland are part of the hamlets Kromme Mijdrecht and De Hoef.
- ^ ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
- ^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 2 (B), 1840.