Monster (population: 20,250) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 20.15 km² (of which 5.70 km² water).
The municipality of Monster also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Poeldijk[?], Ter Heijde[?].
... from 1559 until the Edict of Nantes (1598), the effect of which was to establish regions in which Protestants could live unmolested. These areas became centers of ...