Editing Overstrand Local Municipality (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Overstrand LM topographic map.svg|thumb|left|Topographic map of the Overstrand Municipality]]
The municipality covers an area of {{convert|1708|km2}} stretching along the coast of the [[Overberg]], from the eastern edge of [[False Bay]] almost to [[Cape Agulhas]]. At its western end it is separated from the [[City of Cape Town]] by the [[Kogelberg]] mountains; to the north it is separated from the [[Theewaterskloof Municipality]] by the Kogelberg and the [[Kleinrivier Mountains]]; and to the east it abuts on the [[Cape Agulhas Municipality]] along a boundary that runs generally north-south just to the west of [[Elim, Western Cape|Elim]]. The western part of the municipality consists mostly of a narrow coastal plain with mountains immediately behind, while the eastern part beyond the [[Klein River]] expands away from the coast to include a wider agricultural region.

Most of the towns in the municipality are on the coast, and due to the proximity to Cape Town many are holiday resorts. The largest town is [[Hermanus]], which is situated on the northern edge of [[Walker Bay]] next to the [[Klein River]] mouth. As of 2011 Hermanus, which is the site of the municipal headquarters, has a population of 32,769.<ref name=census2011>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/172014 Hermanus], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/172017 Sand Bay] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/172018 Zwelihle] from Census 2011.</ref> West of Hermanus, between it and the [[Bot River]], are [[Onrusrivier]] (pop. 5,151) and [[Hawston]] (pop. 8,214) on the coast, and [[Fisherhaven]] (pop. 723) on the Bot River lagoon. On the other side of the Bot River mouth is the town of [[Kleinmond]] (pop. 6,634) and beyond it along the coast are [[Betty's Bay]] (pop. 1,380), [[Pringle Bay]] (pop. 801) and [[Rooi-Els, Western Cape|Rooi-Els]] (pop. 125).

East of Hermanus, the municipality includes a wider agricultural area set away from the coast. The village of [[Stanford, Western Cape|Stanford]] (pop. 4,797) is about {{convert|15|km|-1}} inland on the Klein River. To the south, on the opposite side of Walker Bay from Hermanus, is the second-largest town in the municipality, [[Gansbaai]] (pop. 11,598). Just south of Gansbaai, on the southern edge of the [[Danger Point (South Africa)|Danger Point]] peninsula, are [[Van Dyksbaai]] (pop. 500) and [[Franskraalstrand]] (pop. 1,165). A little further along the coast is [[Pearly Beach]] (pop. 1,042). Inland from Pearly Beach, separated from the coast by a range of hills, is the agricultural hamlet of [[Baardskeerdersbos]] (pop. 103), while [[Wolvengat]] (pop. 50) is another agricultural hamlet in the far south-east of the municipality.