The New International Encyclopædia/Vlaardingen

VLAARDINGEN, vlar'ding-en. A quaint old town of the Province of South Holland, Netherlands, at the mouth of the Meuse. five miles west of Rotterdam (Map: Netherlands, C 3). There are a handsome church and town hall. It is a centre for the cod and herring fishery of the Netherlands, more than 125 boats and 1500 men being engaged in that occupation. Population, in 1899, 16,661.