Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands
🇳🇱 Brielle, also called Den Briel, is a town, municipality and historic seaport in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten, at the mouth of the New Maas. The municipality of Brielle also includes the communities Vierpolders and Zwartewaal.
Brielle is a very old, fortified city. Its name is derived from the Celtic word brogilo (meaning "closed area" or "hunting grounds"). The oldest writings about Brielle indicate that the current location is the "new" Brielle. Den ouden Briel (Old Brill) must have been situated somewhere else on the Voorne-Putten Island. It received city rights in 1306. The city was for a long time the seat of the Count of Voorne, until this fiefdom was added to Holland in 1371. It had its own harbour and traded with the countries around the Baltic Sea. Brielle even had its own trading colony in Sweden.
Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands
Brielle has a population of over 17,182 people. Brielle also forms part of the wider South Holland province which has a population of over 3,734,481 people. Brielle is situated 14 km north-west of Spijkenisse.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Brielle has links with:
🇨🇿 Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic 🏴 Queenborough, England🇳🇱 Overbetuwe 51.917
🇳🇱 Capelle aan den IJssel 51.933
🇵🇱 Zielona Góra 51.942
🇷🇺 Gorno-Altaysk 51.95
🇵🇱 Skierniewice 51.954
🇳🇱 Vlaardingen 51.9
🏴 Cheltenham 51.9
🇩🇪 Halberstadt 51.894
🏴 Colchester 51.892
Locations Near: Brielle 4.1625,51.9017
🇳🇱 Naaldwijk 4.2,51.983 d: 9.4
🇳🇱 Nissewaard 4.279,51.828 d: 11.4
🇳🇱 Goeree-Overflakkee 4.167,51.75 d: 16.9
🇳🇱 Spijkenisse 4.333,51.85 d: 13.1
🇳🇱 Vlaardingen 4.35,51.9 d: 12.9
🇳🇱 Den Haag 4.3,52.067 d: 20.6
🇳🇱 The Hague 4.3,52.067 d: 20.6
🇳🇱 Schiedam 4.398,51.919 d: 16.3
🇳🇱 Scheveningen 4.307,52.116 d: 25.8
Antipodal to: Brielle -175.838,-51.902
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16593.7
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15806.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15766.4
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15553.9
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11799.2
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11722.5
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11710.2
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11704.9