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Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Hardinxveld-Giessendam is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water.
The municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam consists of the two population centres Giessendam/Neder-Hardinxveld and Boven-Hardinxveld. Until they were merged in 1957, Giessendam and Hardinxveld were two municipalities, consisting of only a few streets and dykes and only a few thousand inhabitants.
The town's economy is for a large part dependent on ship building (e.g. Damen Shipyards Group) and general contracting. Several industry parks are present.