Stein, South Holland

Stein, South Holland

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Stein (coord|52|0|N|4|47|E|type:city(1060)) is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Vlist, and lies about 5 km east of Gouda.

The statistical area "Stein", which can also include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1060.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of January 1, 2005.]

Stein was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1870, when it became part of Reeuwijk. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ] The part of the former municipality that lay north of the railway line from Gouda to Woerden still is part of that municipality; the southern part is now in Vlist.

References

External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/stein.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]


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