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's-Gravenzande

Field	Value
name	's-Gravenzande
type	Town
image_flag	's-Gravenzande vlag.svg
image_shield	's Gravenzande wapen 1960.svg
image_map	LocatieWestland.png
image_map1	Map NL - Westland - 's-Gravenzande.png
map_caption1	The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of 's-Gravenzande in the municipality of Westland.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	South Holland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Westland
population_total	22190
population_as_of	2006-01-01
coordinates
area_code	0174
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	2692 - 2694

s‑Gravenzande 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 's‑Gravenzande had 15,241 inhabitants in 2011. The built-up area of the town was 2.7 km2, and contained 5,879 residences.

As of 1 January 2009, 's‑Gravenzande is the largest town in Westland with 19.428 inhabitants.

The former municipality of 's‑Gravenzande also included the township of Heenweg.

History

'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. 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

Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001''] {{webarchive. link. (March 19, 2006 . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).)
"Gemeente Westland - Feiten en cijfers".
[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDB1430F933A15751C1A964958260 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."

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