Graafstroom is a municipality in the western Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, in the province of South Holland

South Holland

South Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.South Holland is one of the most densely populated and industrialised areas in the world...

. The municipality had a population of 9,697 in 2004, and covers an area of 69.32 km² (26.76 mile²) of which 2.21 km² (0.85 mile²) is water.

The municipality of Graafstroom consists of the following population centres: Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen, Brandwijk

Brandwijk

Brandwijk is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 13 km west of Gorinchem....

, Goudriaan

Goudriaan

Goudriaan is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 25 km east of Rotterdam.On 1 January 2006, the village of Goudriaan had 843 inhabitants...

, Molenaarsgraaf

Molenaarsgraaf

Molenaarsgraaf is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 11 km west of Gorinchem.In 2001, the village of Molenaarsgraaf had 414 inhabitants...

, Ottoland

Ottoland

Ottoland is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 10 km northwest of Gorinchem.In 2001, the village of Ottoland had 173 inhabitants...

, Oud-Alblas

Oud-Alblas

thumb|left|upright=1.5|The river [[Alblas]] in oud-AlblasOud-Alblas is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 6 km north of Dordrecht....

, Wijngaarden

Wijngaarden

Wijngaarden is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 7 km northeast of Dordrecht.In 2001, the village of Wijngaarden had 300 inhabitants...

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External links

• Official website
• Basic data
• Statistics in Dutch (pdf) - with (towards the end) a map showing the neighborhoods and (a few pages further) the population figures etc. as well as the grouping into quarters

• Arriva
  Arriva
  Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
  
  Region West: http://www.arriva.nl/asp/dienstregeling.asp?dienst=0®io=0&home=0&onderdeel=0&header=1 - select bus line 151