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Waddinxveen - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 52°3′N 4°39′E / 52.050°N 4.650°E

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Waddinxveen
Municipality
Vertical-lift bridge over the Gouwe in Waddinxveen
Flag Coat of arms
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 52°3′N 4°39′E / 52.050°N 4.650°E / 52.050; 4.650
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Government ^[1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Evert Jan Nieuwenhuis (SGP)
Area ^[2]
• Total	29.40 km² (11.35 sq mi)
• Land	27.77 km² (10.72 sq mi)
• Water	1.63 km² (0.63 sq mi)
Elevation ^[3]	−2 m (−7 ft)
Population (January 2021)^[4]
• Total	30,479
• Density	1,098/km² (2,840/sq mi)
Demonym	Waddinxvener
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	2740–2743
Area code	0182
Website	www.waddinxveen.nl

Waddinxveen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɑdɪŋksˈfeːn] ^ⓘ) is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of 30,479 in 2021 and covers an area of 29.40 km² (11.35 sq mi) of which 1.63 km² (0.63 sq mi) is water.

A small piece of artwork named De Vergeten Plek [nl] (Dutch for 'The Forgotten Place') marks the lowest point on the Dutch polders, 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum.^[5]

History

The first reference to the area is from 1233, when on April 20, Floris IV, Count of Holland, sold an area of peat lands along the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch pounds to Nicolas of Gnepwijk, Lord of Aalsmeer and Woubrecht. The area was given the name "Waddinxvene". Because of this event, Waddinxveen celebrated its 750-year anniversary in 1983.

Between 1817 and 1870, Waddinxveen was dissolved and its area split into the municipalities of Noord-Waddinxveen and Zuid-Waddinxveen.^[6] Due to further expanding, those two municipalities reunited into one.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of Waddinxveen, July 2013

Notable people

Tjark de Vries (born 1965), rower
Mark Vanderloo (born 1968), model
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (born 1970), painter and ceramist
Mirjam Overdam (born 1973), water polo player
Sharon den Adel (born 1974), songwriter, singer and fashion designer
Robert Westerholt (born 1975), musician and guitarist
Martijn Westerholt (born 1979), keyboardist and songwriter
Roald van Hout (born 1988), footballer

Gallery

Kerkweg-Oost, Waddinxveen
The Hefbrug bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe
Plasweg, Waddinxveen. De Schouw
The Brug church

References

^ "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Waddinxveen. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 2741HR". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Gemeente Waddinxveen". Archived from the original on 2020-08-07.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006, p. 191 (Online edition Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine)

External links

Official website

Places adjacent to Waddinxveen

Alphen aan den Rijn

Waddinxveen

Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

Zuidplas

Gouda

v t e Municipalities of South Holland
Alblasserdam Albrandswaard Alphen aan den Rijn Barendrecht Bodegraven-Reeuwijk Capelle aan den IJssel Delft Dordrecht Goeree-Overflakkee Gorinchem Gouda Hardinxveld-Giessendam Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Hillegom Hoeksche Waard Kaag en Braassem Katwijk Krimpen aan den IJssel Krimpenerwaard Lansingerland Leiden Leiderdorp Leidschendam-Voorburg Lisse Maassluis Midden-Delfland Molenlanden Nieuwkoop Nissewaard Noordwijk Oegstgeest Papendrecht Pijnacker-Nootdorp Ridderkerk Rijswijk Rotterdam Schiedam Sliedrecht Teylingen The Hague Vlaardingen Voorne aan Zee Voorschoten Waddinxveen Wassenaar Westland Zoetermeer Zoeterwoude Zuidplas Zwijndrecht
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