Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

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Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Municipality
Church in Bodegraven

Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk in a municipal map of South Holland
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 52°5′N 4°45′E / 52.083°N 4.750°E / 52.083; 4.750Coordinates: 52°5′N 4°45′E / 52.083°N 4.750°E / 52.083; 4.750
Country Netherlands
Province South Holland
Established 1 January 2011[1]
Government[2]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Christiaan van der Kamp (CDA)
Area[3]
 • Total 88.64 km2 (34.22 sq mi)
 • Land 75.69 km2 (29.22 sq mi)
 • Water 12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Elevation[4] 0 m (0 ft)
Population (November 2013)[5]
 • Total 32,857
 • Density 434/km2 (1,120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 2410–2415, 2810–2811, 3465–3466
Area code 0182, 0348
Website www.bodegraven-reeuwijk.nl

Bodegraven-Reeuwijk is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland with a population of 32,857 in 2013. It was established by a merger of Bodegraven and Reeuwijk on 1 January 2011. The municipality covers 88.64 km2 (34.22 sq mi) of which 12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi) is water.

Population centres

The new merger also includes the historic municipalities of Waarder, Middelburg, Oukoop, Sluipwijk, Wiltenburg, Vrijhoef en Kalverbroek, parts of Zwammerdam, Lange Ruige Weide, Hekendorp, Land van Stein, Rietveld and Barwoutswaarder, as well as the communities of Driebruggen, Hogebrug, Langeweide, Meije, Nieuwerbrug, Oud-Reeuwijk, Platteweg, Randenburg, Reeuwijk-Brug, Reeuwijk-Dorp, Tempel, Oud-Bodegraven (Vrijenes), Weijpoort and Reeuwijk-Westeinde.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2011" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2011]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Burgermeester" [Mayor]. Bestuur en organisatie (in Dutch). Gemeente Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Postcodetool for 2411BD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 

External links

 Alphen aan den Rijn Nieuwkoop Woerden (UT)
Waddinxveen Montfoort (UT)
   Bodegraven-Reeuwijk  
Gouda Vlist Oudewater (UT)
   Municipalities of South Holland
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