's-Gravenzande

nl no 's-Gravenzande Town 's-Gravenzande beach Arendsduin 2019.jpg The beach at Arendsduin 's-Gravenzande vlag.svg 's Gravenzande wapen 1960.svg LocatieWestland.png Map NL - Westland - 's-Gravenzande.png The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of 's-Gravenzande in the municipality of Westland. Country Netherlands Province South Holland Municipality Westland 23470CBS Maatwerk 2023-01-01 52 0 N 4 10 E region:NL_type: city(19190) inline,title 0174 Postal code 2692-2694 nl sGravenzande no is a town in the province of South Holland, in the Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 12 km southwest of The Hague. Until 2004, it was a separate municipality and covered an area of 20.77 km2 of which 3.38 km2 is water. The town of 'sGravenzande had 15,241 inhabitants in 2011. The built-up area of the town was 2.7 km2, and contained 5,879 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20060319070600/http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm March 19, 2006. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area). As of 1 January 2023, 'sGravenzande is the largest town in Westland with 23.470 inhabitants.Gemeente Westland - Feiten en cijfers http://www.gemeentewestland.nl/Smartsite.shtml?id=5902 https://archive.today/20240524115312/https://www.webcitation.org/5jiB59GEd?url=http://www.gemeentewestland.nl/Smartsite.shtml%3Fid=5902 2024-05-24 dead 2009-09-09 The former municipality of 'sGravenzande also included the township of Heenweg. History thumb|right|200px|'s-Gravenzande in 1868 's-Gravenzande is the only place in the Westland with a history as a town ("stad"). 's-Gravenzande was granted town rights ("stadsrechten") in 1246 by Count William II of Holland who, just like his father Count Floris IV, regularly resided at his estate near the town. It is therefore the only town in Westland. Machteld van Brabant, daughter of Duke Henry I and wife of Floris IV, was responsible for building the town's church, and gave it a Madonna statue to which miraculous powers were attributed. 's-Gravenzande subsequently became a pilgrimage site. The neighborhood of Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York in the United States is said by some to have been named for 's-Gravenzande.Letter to the Editor: Gravesend, The New York Times, December 20, 1992. Accessed October 28, 2007. "As a historical archeologist specializing in the early history of New York, I can tell you that what is now the Gravesend section of Brooklyn was not named for the hometown that Lady Deborah Moody and her followers left in England, as you stated in your article about the community on Oct. 18, but by the Dutch governor-general, William Kieft. Kieft chose to name the settlement " 's'Gravesande" after the town in Holland that had been the seat of the Counts of Holland before they moved to The Hague. It means the count's sand or beach." A 1656 Dutch map of Nova Belgica (New Netherland) confirms this, as it shows several Dutch names of towns like Vlissingen (Flushing), Breukelen (Brooklyn), Amersfoort (Flatlands), Heemstee (Hempstead) and Gravesant ('s-Gravenzande). References External links Forum van de stad 's-Gravenzande https://web.archive.org/web/20110202202432/http://gravenzande.com/ 2011-02-02 Category:1246 establishments in Europe Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2004 Category:Cities in the Netherlands Category:Populated places in South Holland Category:Former municipalities of South Holland Category:Westland (municipality), Netherlands