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Capelle aan den IJssel

Field	Value
name	Capelle aan den IJssel
settlement_type	Town and Municipality
image_skyline	Stadsplein Capelle.JPG
image_caption	Stadsplein square in Capelle
image_flag	Capelle aan den IJssel vlag.svg
flag_size	100x67px
image_shield	Capelle aan den IJssel wapen.svg
shield_size	100x80px
image_map	Map - NL - Municipality code 0502 (2009).svg
map_alt	Highlighted position of Capelle aan den IJssel in a municipal map of South Holland
map_caption	Location in South Holland
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	South Holland
government_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.capelleaandenijssel.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/burgemeester_3361/
title	Burgemeester
trans-title	Mayor
language	nl
work	Bestuur en Organisatie
publisher	Gemeente Capelle aan den IJssel
access-date	16 July 2013
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20131120060227/http://www.capelleaandenijssel.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/burgemeester_3361/
archive-date	20 November 2013
url-status	dead
governing_body	Municipal council
leader_party	Communistische Partij Nederland
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Arjan Molenaar
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
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elevation_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
title	Postcodetool for 2903AR
language	nl
author
work	Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisher	Het Waterschapshuis
access-date	16 July 2013
archive-date	25 December 2018
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20181225152708/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A
url-status	dead
elevation_m	−2
elevation_max_footnotes	tags --
elevation_min_footnotes	tags --
population_footnotes
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population_demonym	Capellenaar
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	2900–2909
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	010
website

|trans-title = Mayor |access-date = 16 July 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131120060227/http://www.capelleaandenijssel.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/burgemeester_3361/ |archive-date = 20 November 2013 |url-status = dead tags -- |access-date = 16 July 2013 |archive-date = 25 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225152708/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead Capelle aan den IJssel ( ; ) is a large town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of {{Dutch municipality total area|Capelle aan den IJssel}} km2, of which {{Dutch municipality water area|Capelle aan den IJssel}} km2 is water. It is situated on the eastern edge of Rotterdam, on the Hollandse IJssel river.

The town has what is probably the country's smallest museum, the Dief- en Duifhuisje ("House of Thieves and Pigeons"). Now a historical museum, it served as the prison for the castle of Capelle and is all that now remains of the 17th-century castle.

On opposing sides of the A16 motorway are two business parks called Rivium and Brainpark respectively. Companies based in the larger Rivium include Rockwell Automation, Pfizer Nederland, Sodexho Nederland, Royal Dutch Shell, Van Oord, and many more.

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Capelle aan den IJssel, June 2015.

Public transport

Capelle aan den IJssel is connected to the Rotterdam Metro system:

Line C starts at De Terp station, proceeds to Capelle Centrum station and Slotlaan station, then to the cities of Rotterdam, Schiedam and Spijkenisse.
Connections with the main railway system on line C are at Blaak station and at Schiedam Centrum station. After changing to line A or B (at Capelsebrug station) also at Alexander station, and after changing to line D (at Beurs station), finally also at Rotterdam Centraal station. To and from the direction The Hague the fastest connection is usually with a change at Schiedam Centrum; for other directions it varies.
Capelle aan den IJssel has its own train station, Capelle Schollevaar. This station is located outside of the town centre in the Schollevaar neighborhood. Local trains from Rotterdam to Gouda and Amsterdam stop at this station. On 15 November 1899 the Capelle train accident took place.

Notable people

Politics

Hans Blokland (born 1943) is a former Dutch politician; municipal councillor of Capelle aan den IJssel 1974 to 1994
Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956) is a Dutch jurist and retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2002 to 2010; lives in Capelle aan den IJssel
Jet Bussemaker (born 1961) is a retired Dutch politician and academic
Hester Veltman-Kamp (born 1973), Dutch politician
Wouter Koolmees (born 1977) is a Dutch politician; second Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2019-2020

Sport

Bart Latuheru (born 1965) is a Dutch retired professional footballer with 450 club caps
Ferry de Haan (born 1972) is a Dutch retired footballer with 179 club caps and club manager
Nick Viergever (born 1989) is a Dutch footballer with over 250 club caps
Noa Lang (born 1999) is a Dutch footballer that plays for SSC Napoli

Music

Pieter-Jan Belder (born 1966) is a instrumentalist, plays recorder, harpsichord and fortepiano
Davina Michelle (born 1995) is a Dutch singer since 2020
Ronnie Flex (born 1992) is a Dutch rapper

Art

Wil Tirion (1943 – 2024), Dutch uranographer

References

{{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
{{Dutch municipality population. dataref
Schilling, Govert. (2024-07-09). "Wil Tirion, 1943–2024".

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