Prins Alexander
district of Rotterdam, Netherlands
Prins Alexander is a borough in the northeast of Rotterdam, Netherlands. As of 2023, it had 96,452 inhabitants, making it the most populated borough in the city.
Prins Alexander has 7 neighbourhoods:
Het Lage Land
Kralingseveer
Nesselande
Ommoord
Oosterflank
Prinsenland
Zevenkamp
Public transportation
Prins Alexander is connected to the city center of Rotterdam through Rotterdam Metro lines A and B, with line A connecting to Binnenhof station and line B to Nesselande station.
Rotterdam Alexander railway station, on the main line from Rotterdam to Utrecht, is located in the center of the borough.
Prins Alexanderpolder
Large parts of Prins Alexander lie in the Prins Alexanderpolder. This polder was reclaimed from peat fen near the river Rotte, north east of the city. In total 14 peat fens were laid dry. The fens were drained between 1865 and 1874, resulting in 2,825 hectares (6,980 acres) of farmland. The polder was named after Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (1851-1884).
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2132831. Authority coordinates are 51.951, 4.564. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023, 1865, 1874 and 1851.
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This entry incorporates text from “Prins Alexander” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.