Goudriaan is a village in the Dutch

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 province of South Holland

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. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom

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, and lies about 25 km east of Rotterdam

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On 1 January 2006, the village of Goudriaan had 843 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.028 km², and contained 309 residences.

Goudriaan was a separate municipality until 1986, when it became part of Graafstroom.