Waddinxveen
Waddinxveen (Nl-Waddinxveen.ogg) 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 in popbaseyear and covers an area of Waddinxveen km2 of which Waddinxveen km2 is water. A small piece of artwork named De Vergeten Plek (Dutch for 'The Forgotten Place') marks the lowest point on the Dutch polders, 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum.
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Key facts
• Name — Waddinxveen • Settlement Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 100x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — South Holland • Governing Body — Municipal council • Leader Party — SGP • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Evert Jan Nieuwenhuis • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — Waddinxveen • Area Land Km2 — Waddinxveen • Area Water Km2 — Waddinxveen • Elevation M — −2 • Population Total — Waddinxveen • Population As Of — popbasemonth popbaseyear • Population Density Km2 — Waddinxveen • Population Demonym — Waddinxvener • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postcode • Postal Code — 2740–2743 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 0182 • Website — 1=http: www.waddinxveen.nl
History
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. Due to further expanding, those two municipalities reunited into one. • Illustration — Topographic map of Waddinxveen, July 2013
Notable people
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
Gallery
• Illustration — Kerkweg-Oost, Waddinxveen • Illustration — The Hefbrug bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe • Illustration — Plasweg, Waddinxveen. De Schouw • Illustration — The Brug church
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- 1.Gemeente Waddinxveen. Samenstelling college.
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- 3.Het Waterschapshuis. Postcodetool for 2741HR. Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland.
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- 5.Gemeente Waddinxveen.
- 6.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006, p. 191 (Online edition )
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