Nissewaard

Nissewaard
Nissewaard
Municipality
	City centre of Spijkenisse Geervliet, windmill: de Bernissemolen Heenvliet market
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in South Holland
	Coordinates: 51°49′42″N 4°16′45″E / 51.8283°N 4.2792°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Established	1 January 2015
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor (acting)	Foort van Oosten (VVD)
Area
• Total	83.79 km2 (32.35 sq mi)
• Land	73.58 km2 (28.41 sq mi)
• Water	10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	85,440
• Density	1,161/km2 (3,010/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	3200–3209, 3211, 3212, 3214, 3216, 3218, 3227
Area code	0181
Website	www.nissewaard.nl

Nissewaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɪsəˌʋaːrt]) is a municipality in the Netherlands, located on the island of Voorne-Putten, in the south of the province of South Holland. It was created through a merger of the municipalities of Spijkenisse and Bernisse on 1 January 2015.

Nissewaard has a population of about 85,000 as of 2014.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Nissewaard, June 2015

Dirk van Hogendorp (1761 in Heenvliet – 1822), Dutch officer and author
Jan Campert (1902 in Spijkenisse – 1943) a journalist, theater critic and writer
Marleen de Pater-van der Meer (1950 in Hekelingen – 2015) a Dutch politician
Jan Bechtum (born 1958 in Spijkenisse) a Dutch guitarist and composer
Erik de Jong (born 1961 in Spijkenisse) known as Spinvis, a Dutch one-man music project
Medy van der Laan (born 1968 in Spijkenisse) a retired Dutch politician
Alexander van Oudenaarden (born 1970 in Zuidland) a Dutch biophysicist and systems biologist
Sied van Riel (born 1978) a Dutch trance music DJ and producer, lives in Spijkenisse
Björn Franken (born 1983 in Spijkenisse) known as Vato Gonzalez, DJ and producer
Nick van de Wall (born 1987 in Spijkenisse) known as Afrojack, DJ and producer
Duncan Laurence (born 1994 in Spijkenisse) singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Bram Groeneweg (1905 in Spijkenisse – 1988) a Dutch long-distance runner, competed in the marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Emiel Mellaard (born 1966 in Spijkenisse) is a retired Dutch long jump record holder
Maarten den Bakker (born 1969 in Abbenbroek) a retired road bicycle racer, competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Joeri de Groot (born 1977 in Spijkenisse) a Dutch rower, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Patrick van Luijk (born 1984 in Spijkenisse) a Dutch sprinter
Martijn Barto (born 1984 in Spijkenisse) a Dutch professional footballer with over 200 club caps
Chanella Stougje (born 1996 in Zuidland) a Dutch professional racing cyclist

^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2015" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2015]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^ "Burgemeester Foort van Oosten" [Mayor Foort van Oosten] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nissewaard. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.