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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Giessenburg in the municipality of Giessenlanden.Giessenburg (coord|51|51|N|4|53|E|type:city(2514)) is a town in the Dutch province of
South Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofGiessenlanden , and lies about 6 km west ofGorinchem .Giessenburg was a separate municipality between 1957 and 1986. It was created in a merger of the municipalitie
Giessen-Nieuwkerk andPeursum . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the town of Giessenburg had 2514 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.43 km², and contained 911 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001"] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Giessenburg", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2900.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
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