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Zoeterwoude - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 52°8′N 4°30′E / 52.133°N 4.500°E

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Zoeterwoude
Municipality
Former monastery of the Franciscan Order from 1880, later a girls' school, in Zoeterwoude
Flag Coat of arms
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 52°8′N 4°30′E / 52.133°N 4.500°E / 52.133; 4.500
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Government ^[1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Fred van Trigt (CDA)
Area ^[2]
• Total	21.96 km² (8.48 sq mi)
• Land	21.19 km² (8.18 sq mi)
• Water	0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi)
Elevation ^[3]	−2 m (−7 ft)
Population (January 2021)^[4]
• Total	8,843
• Density	417/km² (1,080/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	2380–2382
Area code	071
Website	www.zoeterwoude.nl

Zoeterwoude (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌzutərˈʋʌudə] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the province of South Holland, Western Netherlands. It covers 21.96 km² (8.48 sq mi) of which 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi) is water. It had a population of 8,843 in 2021.

Located to the southeast of Leiden and north of Zoetermeer, the municipality of Zoeterwoude consists of Gelderswoude, Weipoort, Westeinde, Zoeterwoude-Dorp, Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk and Zuidbuurt.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of Zoeterwoude, Sept. 2014. Click to enlarge.

History

The name Zoeterwoude is first mentioned in a document from 1205, which references a certain "Florentius van Sotrewold". It is uncertain if this is a reference to the village. The first confirmed existence is from 1276 when Dirk van Santhorst received the "Soetrewold" fiefdom from Floris V, Count of Holland.

Its municipal boundaries were set circa 1300. At that time it was one of the largest municipalities in the Netherlands, but later much land was annexed by surrounding cities, notably Leiden. In 1450, the first bridge between Leiderdorp and Zoeterwoude was built. In 1574, Zoeterwoude was burnt to the ground and its polders inundated by Leideners in order to increase the range of the city's cannons. Almost no inhabitants remained in Zoeterwoude.

Around 1650, Zoeterwoude had been almost rebuilt and 50 years later it was prospering. After 1800, Leiden started a long series of annexations, reducing the land area of Zoeterwoude.

In 1960, the A4 motorway was built and since 1966 it has been the municipal boundary between Leiden and Zoeterwoude.

Economy

A datacenter from SWIFT is located in Zoeterwoude.^[5]

The main brewery of Heineken International is located in Zoeterwoude.

Notable people

Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (1721-1789), dramatist and poet
Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893–1985), portrait painter and ceramist
Paul van Kempen (1893–1955), violinist and conductor
Bram van Velde (1895–1981), fine-art painter
Aar de Goede (1928–2016) politician

Sport

François Brandt (1874–1949) rower, competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jeroen Straathof (born 1972), cyclist and speed skater
Suzanne de Goede (born 1984), cyclist

Gallery

Zoeterwoude. Village view, as seen from the Watertje
Weipoort, a stretched out neighbourhood within Zoeterwoude
View over the Westbroekpolder near Zoeterwoude-Zuidbuurt
Christina's farm in Westeinde
Skyline of Zoeterwoude
Former shipyard in the old centre
Noordbuurtseweg, Zoeterwoude

References

^ "Collegeleden" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Zoeterwoude. Retrieved 30 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 2381ET". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Via Zoeterwoude kon CIA 'iedere' euro zien". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-02-14.

External links

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Official website

Places adjacent to Zoeterwoude

Leiden

Leiderdorp
Oude Rijn

Zoeterwoude

Alphen aan den Rijn

Leidschendam-Voorburg

Zoetermeer

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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