Zederik

Zederik
Zederik
	Former municipality
	Skyline of Tienhoven aan de Lek
	Flag
	Location in South Holland
	Coordinates: 51°55′N 5°0′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Established	January 1, 1986
Extinct	January 1, 2019
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	André Bonthuis (acting) (PvdA)
Area [2]
• Total	76.50 km2 (29.54 sq mi)
• Land	73.73 km2 (28.47 sq mi)
• Water	2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	0 m (0 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4126–4128, 4230–4235, 4243, 4245
Area code	0183, 0345, 0347
Website	www.zederik.nl

Zederik (pronunciation ) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of 76.50 km² (29.54 sq mi) of which 2.77 km² (1.07 sq mi) is water. It had a population of in 2019.

The municipality of Zederik was formed on January 1, 1986 through the merger of the former municipalities of Ameide, Hei- en Boeicop, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Meerkerk, Nieuwland, and Tienhoven aan de Lek. Zederik merged with Leerdam and Vianen into the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden in the province of Utrecht on January 1, 2019. The municipality was named after the Old Zederik, a small canal running through its area.

The population centres of Zederik consisted of Ameide, Hei- en Boeicop, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Meerkerk, Nieuwland, and Tienhoven aan de Lek.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Zederik, Sept. 2014.

Notable people

Maarten Schakel Sr. (1917–1997) politician
Teun Kloek (born 1934) economist and Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Govert Schilling (born 1956) popular-science writer and amateur astronomer
Rita de Jong (born 1965) rower, she competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Robin Chaigneau (born 1988) former cyclist

References

"College" [Board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Zederik. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 4231BP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 August 2013.

External links

Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "College" [Board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Zederik. Retrieved 30 August 2013.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 4231BP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 August 2013.