Waddinxveen
Waddinxveen | |||
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Municipality | |||
Vertical-lift bridge over the Gouwe in Waddinxveen | |||
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Location in South Holland | |||
Coordinates: 52°3′N 4°39′E / 52.050°N 4.650°ECoordinates: 52°3′N 4°39′E / 52.050°N 4.650°E | |||
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 | 27.90 km2 (10.77 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 1.50 km2 (0.58 sq mi) | ||
Elevation[3] | −2 m (−7 ft) | ||
Population (August 2017)[4] | |||
• Total | 27,213 | ||
• Density | 975/km2 (2,530/sq mi) | ||
Demonym(s) | Waddinxvener | ||
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
Postcode | 2740–2743 | ||
Area code | 0182 | ||
Website |
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Waddinxveen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɑdɪŋksˈfeːn] (
In Waddinxveen, there's the so-called 'Vergeten Plek' (Dutch for 'Forgotten Place'). This is the lowest place in the Dutch polders. It's 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum.
Partner city of Waddinxveen is Pelhřimov in the Czech Republic.
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.[5] Due to further expanding, those two municipalities reunited into one.
Born in Waddinxveen
- Sharon den Adel (b. 1974) – vocalist of Within Temptation
- Mark van den Akker (b. 1966) (nl) – disc jockey at KXRadio
- Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (b. 1970), painter and ceramist
- Hubert van Steel (b. 1856) – Dutch Grand Master[6]
- Martijn Westerholt (b. 1978) – keyboardist of Delain
- Robert Westerholt (b. 1975) – guitarist of Within Temptation
- Mark Vanderloo (b. 1968) - model
Gallery
- Lift bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe.
- Bridge seen from the north side
- The Hefbrug 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" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ↑ "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. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ 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.)
- ↑ http://members.casema.nl/stamesko/dutchpainters.htm. Retrieved May 4, 2010. Missing or empty
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