Graafstroom (former municipality)

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Graafstroom

|image_flag = Graafstroom flag.svg

|flag_size = 120x100px

|image_shield =Coat_of_arms_of_Graafstroom.svg

|shield_size = 120x100px

|image_map = LocatieGraafstroom.png

|mapsize = 250px

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Netherlands

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = South Holland

|subdivision_type2 = Municipality

|subdivision_name2 = Molenlanden

|area_footnotes = (2006)

|area_total_km2 = 69.32

|area_land_km2 = 67.11

|area_water_km2 = 2.21

|population_as_of = 1 January 2007

|population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline].

|settlement_type = Former municipality

|population_total = 9,757

|population_density_km2 = 145

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|51.88|N|4.80|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20021017100858/http://www.graafstroom.nl/ www.graafstroom.nl]

}}

Graafstroom ({{IPA|nl|ɣraːfˈstroːm|-|316 Graafstroom.ogg}}) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, and the region of Alblasserwaard. The former municipality had a population of 9,697 in 2004, and covered an area of {{convert|69.32|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|2.21|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} was water. Since 2013 Graafstroom has been a part of the new municipality of Molenwaard (which ceased to exist in 2019).

The former municipality of Graafstroom consisted of the following population centres: Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen, Brandwijk, Goudriaan, Molenaarsgraaf, Ottoland, Oud-Alblas, and Wijngaarden.