Blokland (South Holland)

Blokland (South Holland)

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Blokland is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Liemeer, and lies about 12 km northeast of Alphen aan den Rijn."ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland", Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]

The area Blokland, in which the hamlet is located, used to be part of Uithoorn, but became part of Mijdrecht in 1811.vanderAa-AW|B] The eastern half of the area, Polder Blokland, still is part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen in the province of Utrecht (which includes Mijdrecht); the western half of the area, part of Polder Zevenhoven, is part of Liemeer in the province South Holland. Confusingly, the hamlet itself lies in Polder Zevenhoven; the houses in Polder Blokland are part of the hamlets Kromme Mijdrecht and De Hoef.

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