Spijkenisse is a town located in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland. Archaeological research has shown the area around Spijkenisse has been inhabited for thousands of years by people who depended on fishing and hunting. Originally part of the Lord Putten fiefdom, Spijkenisse grew out of farming and fishing villages along the Oude Maas and suffered devastating fires in the 17th-18th centuries. After World War II, Spijkenisse was still modest in size but experienced heavy urban growth from the 1960s-1970s. The town is currently working to overcome its urban growth conditions through a comprehensive city plan project.

2. • Location : Western Europe, on the Belgian border 450 km,
Germany 577 km.
• Capital: Amsterdam.
• Population: 16,877,351.
• Ethnic origin: Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are of non-
Western origin, mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilles,
Surinamese and Indonesians).
• Religions: Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, others
3.6%, non-affiliated 40%.
SOME DATA

3. DUTCH ROYALTY
• King: Willem Alexander.
• Queen: Máxima
Zorreguieta

4. EUROPEAN
CONTEXT
• Netherlands is located in Western Europe.
• It is a country included in the European Union
• Netherlands’ currency is the Euro.

5. HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS
• The territory where the Netherlands is located
today is already inhabited since the Paleolithic.
• Netherlands was conquered by the Spanish.
• The Netherlands became an independent
country in 1648, when it signed the peace
treaty with Spain.
• It became a parliamentary democracy with a
constitutional monarchy in 1848.

6. • Netherlands is a country with a small emergent
territory, reason why it conquered a
considerable amount of territory to the sea.
• For this they built enormous dams and dykes
that prevent the advance of sea water.
DUTCH DYKES

7. SOME IMPORTANT
PERSONALITIES
• Vincent van Gogh:

8. • Anne Frank

9. Spijkenisse
Area • Total
30.27 km2
• Land
26.12 km2
• Water
4.15 km2
Population (May 2014)
• Total 72,545
• Density
2,777/km2
(7,190/sq mi)

10. Spijkenisse is a town in the
western Netherlands , in the
province of South Holland.
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11. Archaeological research has shown that
the area around Spijkenisse has been
inhabited for many thousands of years.
The people then depended on fishing on
the Meuse and hunting in the swamps.
The medieval village
church is the oldest
building in Spijkenisse

12. Spijkenisse grew out of farming and fishing villages
along the Oude Maas. Originally belonged to Lord
Putten, but in 1459 Fief Putten Facilities - Spijkenisse
was transferred to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. In
1581 years, the area was under the control of the
Earl of Holland. In the 17th and 18th century, the city
endured the devastating fires, which affected its
economic performance-growth. People lived from
fishing and hunting.

13. From 1817 to 1966 Spijkenisse and Hekelingen were
two independent communities under a mayor. After
World War II, the village was still modest in size, but
from the 60s and 70s, the township as urban growth
has become a heavy midsize municipality.
Spijkenisse is
currently
working hard
to overcome its
urban growth
condition by
the current City
Plan: a
comprehensive
Spijkenisse
project should
provide a

14. Most important points
Spijkenisse

15. Square in Spijkenisse

16. The medieval village church is the oldest building in Spijkenisse

17. Windmill
"Nooitgedacht"
in Spijkenisse

18. The library "Bookmountain“ in Spijkenisse

19. Stoep theatre in Spijkenisse

20. The rokade of Spijkenisse

21. Flat nabij de Maasboulevard in de wijk de Schenkel in Spijkenisse

22. Work done by:
Bernardo Albano
Francisca Albuquerque