page_title: Government of Rotterdam
section_title: Boroughs
hierarchical_section_title: Government of Rotterdam / Boroughs
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Alle wijken in Rotterdam (paars)English: All quarters of Rotterdam (purple), Netherlands
context_page_description: The Government of Rotterdam is the government of the municipality and city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Most of the inhabitants live in the city of Rotterdam, but the municipality also covers a number of small villages, and other parts of the local government, such as Rozenburg, cover an even larger area.
context_section_description: Until 19 March 2014, Rotterdam's fourteen boroughs had the formal status of submunicipalities (deelgemeenten) under the Dutch Municipalities Act. The submunicipalities were responsible for many activities that previously had been run by the central city. The idea was to bring the government closer to the people. All submunicipalities had their own deelgemeenteraad ('submunicipal council'), direct elected by the borough's inhabitants. The district councils enjoyed far-reaching autonomous decisionmaking powers in many policy areas. Only affairs pertaining the whole city such as major infrastructural projects remained within the jurisdiction of by the central municipal council.
  In 2014, the submunicipalities were abolished by law, but Rotterdam maintained its boroughs. The district councils were replaced with smaller, but still directly elected gebiedscommissies ('area committees'). The area committees no longer have autonomous powers, but instead act primarily as advisory and participatory bodies for the central municipal council.
  The fourteen boroughs of Rotterdam are:
  Centrum
  Charlois
  Delfshaven
  Feijenoord
  Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
  Hoogvliet
  Hook of Holland
  IJsselmonde
  Kralingen-Crooswijk
  Noord
  Overschie
  Pernis
  Prins Alexander
  Rozenburg
  The port areas are governed directly by the central municipality.
caption: Rotterdam boroughs and neighborhoods.
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