Naaldwijk

Naaldwijk is a city with 20,290 population within the province of South Holland and is the capital of the municipality of Westland. Naaldwijk is positioned inside the heart of the Westland place. The largest financial engine is greenhouse horticulture. FloraHolland is the biggest flower auction inside the global, located inside the neighboring village of Honselersdijk. Until 1 January 2004, Naaldwijk changed into the capital of the municipality of the same name, which additionally protected Honselersdijk and Maasdijk.

On January 1, 2004, the municipality of Naaldwijk merged with neighboring municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster and Wateringen in the municipality of Westland via the municipal reorganization Westland. In Naaldwijk is the town corridor of the municipality of Westland placed in which public affairs including counters, social provider etc. Are positioned. In the Roman duration, the Maas passed Naaldwijk. On the Zuidweg part of a bronze plate become determined in 2004, possibly a fraction of a base of a statue of Emperor Claudius. From Naaldwijk the Corbulo Canal to the Rhine close to Leiden ran in Roman times.