- Schelluinen
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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Schelluinen in the municipality of Giessenlanden.Schelluinen (coord|51|51|N|4|56|E|type:city(908)) is a village in the Dutch province of
South Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofGiessenlanden , and lies about 4 km west ofGorinchem .In 2001, the village of Schelluinen had 908 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.23 km², and contained 342 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 "Schelluinen", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1240.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]Schelluinen was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1986, when it became part of Giessenlanden. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]
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External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/schelluinen.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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