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Bernisse municipality
Number of inhabitants: 12.760; area: 68,47 km². Settlements: Abbenbroek
(seat), Biert, Geervliet, Heenvliet, Oudenhoorn, Simonshaven, Zuidland.
Bernisse municipality was formed on 1 Jan 1980 by the merger of Abbenbroek,
Oudenhoorn en Zuidland and parts of the municipalities of Geervliet (incl.
Simonshaven) and Heenvliet. The name refers to the old river of Bernisse
(also known as Bornisse or Pernis) separating the islands of Voorne and
Putten.
Flag adopted 15 Aug 1988. The crosses symbolize the villages of Abbenbroek,
Heenvliet, Oudenhoorn and Zuidland on the island of Voorne, and the villages
of Geervliet and Simonshaven on the island of Putten.
Jarig Bakker, 26 May 2003
Bernisse CoA
![[Bernisse CoA]](../images/n/nl-zh)bn.gif)
image from the Bernisse municipal
website.
Granted 23 Jul 1982
Geervliet [former municipality]
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Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 28 Apr 1960.
Geervliet CoA
![[Geervliet CoA]](../images/n/nl-zh)gv.gif)
image from the Bernisse municipal
website.
Granted 24 Jul 1816
Heenvliet [former municipality]
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Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 23 Dec 1961.
Heenvliet CoA
![[Heenvliet CoA]](../images/n/nl-zh)hv.gif)
image from the Bernisse municipal
website.
Granted 24 Jul 1816
Zuidland [former municipality]
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Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 8 May 1962
Zuidland CoA
![[Zuidland CoA]](../images/n/nl-zh)zl.gif)
image from the Bernisse municipal
website.
Granted 24 Jul 1816