Voorne aan Zee
Voorne aan Zee is a municipality on the island of Voorne-Putten in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. It had a population of in 2022.
The municipality of Voorne aan Zee was formed on 1 January 2023, through the merger of the former municipalities of Brielle, Hellevoetsluis and Westvoorne, which itself was formed on 1 January 1980, through the merger of the former municipalities Oostvoorne and Rockanje.
It consists of the towns Brielle and Hellevoetsluis, the villages Nieuwenhoorn, Nieuw-Helvoet, Oostvoorne, Oudenhoorn, Rockanje, Tinte, Vierpolders and Zwartewaal, the water board neighbourhood Oude en Nieuwe Struiten, and the hamlet Helhoek.
Notable people
- Jacob van Maerlant, a Flemish poet of the 13th century, an important Middle Dutch author of the Middle Ages
- Maarten Tromp, a Dutch army general and admiral in the Dutch navy
- Witte de With, a Dutch naval officer during the Eighty Years War and the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen, a Dutch mathematician, physicist and professor
- Jan Greshoff, a Dutch journalist, poet, and literary critic
- Belinda Meuldijk, a Dutch actress, writer, and activist
- Meindert van Buuren, a Dutch racing driver