Country Netherlands Elevation 1 m (3 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Saturday 1:21 PM | Established 1 January 2004 Demonym(s) Westlander Postcode 2290–2295, 2670–2694 Province South Holland | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 82% Humidity Points of interest Westlands Museum, De Timmerwerf, Bezoekerscentrum D'oude Koestal, Spirit Garden, De Watertoren (1930) | ||
Westland ( [ˈʋɛstlɑnt]) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of 90.58 km2 (34.97 sq mi) of which 11.05 km2 (4.27 sq mi) is covered by water and had a population of 103,716 in 2014.
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Map of Westland, Netherlands
Towns and other settlements: De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk, Wateringen, Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde.
History
Westland was created on 1 January 2004 by a merger of the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen. These are also the names of five of the settlements. The others are Heenweg, Honselersdijk, Kwintsheul, Maasdijk, Poeldijk, and Ter Heijde. Westland itself is not the name of a settlement or town, but rather of the region. The City hall is located in the middle of Westland, in Naaldwijk, the second largest settlement in Westland.
The town of Honselersdijk also possesses the largest Flower Auction, FloraHolland, which also has a location in Rijnsburg. This is a very important sector of the Westland economy. Flowers produced in Westland are sold all over the world.
Coastal towns are Ter Heijde (near Monster), Monster itself and 's-Gravenzande. These towns are popular with Germans and people from the Eastern Netherlands. It is not unknown for every holiday campsite to be fully booked with tourists. This is because of their relative proximity to the more popular Scheveningen
Wider area
Westland is part of the Haaglanden conurbation.
In a wider sense, Westland is also the name of the region south-west of the line The Hague - Delft - Rotterdam, approximately consisting of the municipalities Westland and Midden-Delfland, as well as Hoek van Holland (municipality of Rotterdam).
Westland is most known for its horticulture in greenhouses, growing flowers and vegetables.