Voorne-Putten is an
island between the
North Sea, the
Brielse meer and the rivers
Oude Maas,
Spui and
Haringvliet in the
province of
South Holland in the
Netherlands. Voorne-Putten consists of the two former islands Voorne (the larger, western part) and Putten (the smaller, eastern part). It used to be separated by the river Bernisse which silted up and made the two islands one. It has 160,000 inhabitants (2008). Recently the
riverbed has been dredged, and the two islands have been reformed.