Charlois
Charlois | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
 Old Charlois (light green) within Rotterdam (purple). | |
  Charlois Location within the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 51°52′56″N 4°28′35″E / 51.88222°N 4.47639°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| City | Rotterdam |
| Borough | Charlois |
| Incorporated into Rotterdam | 1895 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Charlois (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɕaːrloːs]) is a neighbourhood of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It is located on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas.
Charlois used to be a separate municipality until 1895, when it became part of Rotterdam.[1]
History
Charlois used to have an airport. Waalhaven airport as it was called, was opened in 1920 as the second civilian airport in the Netherlands after Schiphol.[2] The airport was destroyed in 1940 by the Dutch army so it could not be used by invading German Wehrmacht during World War II.
Notable people
- Leo Beenhakker (1942-2025), former football manager of (amongst others) Real Madrid CF, AFC Ajax, Feyenoord, and Poland national football team
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ "de geschiedenis van Charlois: vliegveld Waalhaven". home.kpn.nl. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
Subdivisions of Rotterdam | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boroughs |
|  |
| Neighbourhoods |
| |