Alblasserdam

Alblasserdam is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers a place of 10.06 km2, of which 1.27 km2 is water, and has a populace of 20,002 as of 2017. Alblasserdam is formally part of the Drechtsteden region. A portion of the small village of Kinderdijk, which boasts the largest and maximum well-known concentration of windmills within the Netherlands, is a part of Alblasserdam. The city of Alblasserdam changed into first referred to inside the chronicles of Melis Stoke in 1299, but the municipality wasn't fashioned till 1447. Before that, it turned into part of Oud-Alblas.

Because of its location on the Noord river, one of the busiest waterways in Western Europe, water has played a main role in Alblasserdam's records. The river changed into crucial for its development and makes it an fine region for enterprise. Alblasserdam's strategic place also introduced it negative results. For example, among 1350 and 1821, the Alblasserwaard polder flooded 32 times.