page_title: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
hierarchical_section_title: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Hardinxveld Watertoren
context_page_description: Hardinxveld-Giessendam is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of Dordrecht, on the river Beneden-Merwede. The municipality had a population of 18,051 in 2019 and covers an area of 19.35 km² of which 2.43 km² is water.
  The municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam consists of the two population centres Giessendam/Neder-Hardinxveld and Boven-Hardinxveld. Until they were merged in 1957, Giessendam and Hardinxveld were two municipalities, consisting of only a few streets and dykes and only a few thousand inhabitants.
  The town's economy is for a large part dependent on ship building and general contracting. Several industry parks are present.
context_section_description: Hardinxveld-Giessendam ([ˌɦɑrdɪŋksfɛlt ˌxisə(n)ˈdɑm] (listen)) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of Dordrecht, on the river Beneden-Merwede. The municipality had a population of 18,051 in 2019 and covers an area of 19.35 km² (7.47 sq mi) of which 2.43 km² (0.94 sq mi) is water.
  The municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam consists of the two population centres Giessendam/Neder-Hardinxveld and Boven-Hardinxveld. Until they were merged in 1957, Giessendam and Hardinxveld were two municipalities, consisting of only a few streets and dykes and only a few thousand inhabitants.
  The town's economy is for a large part dependent on ship building (e.g. Damen Shipyards Group) and general contracting. Several industry parks are present.
caption: Water tower Hardinxveld
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