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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Vierpolders in the municipality of Brielle.Vierpolders (coord|51|53|N|4|11|E|type:city(993)) is a village in the Dutch province of
South Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofBrielle , and lies about 5 km north ofHellevoetsluis .In 2001, the village of Vierpolders had 993 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.21 km², and contained 397 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 "Vierpolders", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1740.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]Vierpolders was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1980, when it became part of Brielle. [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 name of the village, litterally "four
polder s", refers to the municipality, that consisted of the polders Nieuwland, Veckhoek, Oud-Helvoet, and Oude-Gote. The village and the municipality were previously also named "Nieuwland".References
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