's-Gravendeel

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's- Gravendeel (debate? / i ) is a city and a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. The municipality has 8,909 inhabitants and covers an area of ​​20.81 square kilometers. On 1 January 2007 it was merged with the municipality Binnenmaas.

's- Gravendeel lies to the east of the Hoekschen Waard on Dordtse Kil and is connected via the Kiltunnel with the city of Dordrecht. The village was founded in 1593 in the eastern corner of the then newly reclaimed polder just Nieuw- Bonaventura. Today includes the villages of De Wacht and Schenkeldijk to the community.

The people of 's- Gravendeel are often disparagingly referred to as Seuter, so as baked potatoes in lard.

Religion

In the municipality of 's- Gravendeel there are five churches, one of which strikes the building of the Dutch Reformed Church. She stands directly in the village center and is surrounded half of a small water-filled ditch. The place where this church stands, is often referred to as De howl. This Reformed congregation is as much as that of the Reformed Church meeting at the leash field for Protestant Church in the Netherlands. Furthermore you can find church building of the Christian Reformed Church, the Reformed church in the Netherlands and the Old Reformed Church.

Education

In 's- Gravendeel there are in addition two public elementary schools still a Protestant Christian school as well as a specific for immigrants and asylum seekers school. The latter bears the name Het Mozaïek.

Industry and retail

Most retail stores are located in the center of the village around the church. There are, among others, two supermarkets and a larger fashion business.

The industrial area of 's- Gravendeel, Mijlpolder located in the north of the village. Here until the beginning of 2004, the automaker Vanden Brink production.

In the port of 's- Gravendeel the Scheepssloperij Nederland BV operates a demolition yard.

Traffic

's- Gravendeel is located on the N217, which leads east through the Kiltunnel and finally to the A16 and the N3 bypass Dordrecht, true. In the northwest, the N217 connects with the A29 and the north of Hoekschen Waard.

The town is served by the Arriva bus routes 165, 166, 176, 266, 268, 668 and 864.

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