Graafstroom (former municipality)

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Graafstroom
Former municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°53′N 4°48′E / 51.88°N 4.80°E / 51.88; 4.80
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Molenlanden
Area (2006)
• Total	69.32 km2 (26.76 sq mi)
• Land	67.11 km2 (25.91 sq mi)
• Water	2.21 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2007)
• Total	9,757
• Density	145/km2 (380/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.graafstroom.nl

Graafstroom (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣraːfˈstroːm] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, and the region of Alblasserwaard. The former municipality had a population of 9,697 in 2004, and covered an area of 69.32 km² (26.76 sq mi) of which 2.21 km² (0.85 sq mi) was water. Since 2013 Graafstroom has been a part of the new municipality of Molenwaard (which ceased to exist in 2019).

The former municipality of Graafstroom consisted of the following population centres: Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen, Brandwijk, Goudriaan, Molenaarsgraaf, Ottoland, Oud-Alblas, and Wijngaarden.

• Official website
• Basic data
• Statistics in Dutch (pdf) - with (towards the end) a map showing the neighborhoods and (a few pages further) the population figures etc. as well as the grouping into quarters
• Arriva Region West: [1] - select bus line 151

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