's a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 9.96 km² (3.85 mile²) of which 1.18 km² (0.46 mile²)'s water. The name's derived from its location near the creek Alblas where a dam was built. A part of the small village of Kinderdijk, which boasts the largest and most famous concentration of windmills in the Netherlands,'s part of Alblasserdam. History The history of Alblasserdam goes back some 700 years. The name's… (More on Alblasserdam)