Lelydorp

Polder in South Holland, Netherlands.

A polder in the Dutch province of South Holland, reclaimed from the Haarlemmermeer in 1932. It is characterized by its strict grid layout and a focus on agricultural land, though it has gradually developed into a residential area.

Lelydorp is named after Cornelis Lely, the initiator of the Haarlemmermeer reclamation project.

Lelydorp is a polder in South Holland, Netherlands, built in the 1960s to provide homes for people displaced by the creation of the New Land polder.

polder South Holland

Haarlemmermeer

settlement town