those comprising several villages, none with the name of the municipality; in that case the name of the municipality may not be as well-known outside it as the villages; for example:
--- Albrandswaard comprising the villages of Poortugaal and Rhoon.
those with a double name, comprising (mainly) the two towns or villages in the name, for example:
Recent politics have led to a great number of mergers between smaller municipalities or with cities.
In 2005 the number of municipalities was reduced by 16: 7 were each added to an existing municipality, and four new municipalities were formed by merging 5, 4, 2, and 2 municipalities.
All municipalities are listed in the province articles, see:
For the links below, and the articles, note that they do not always reflect the 2006 situation yet.
For each municipality a pdf file - with statistics in Dutch, and with (towards the end) a map showing the neighborhoods (together ca. 11,000), and listing (a few pages further) the population figures etc. as well as the grouping into quarters (together ca 2,400)
