Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk | |
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 Church in Bodegraven | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in South Holland | |
| Coordinates: 52°5′N 4°45′E / 52.083°N 4.750°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Established | 1 January 2011[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Erik van Heijningen (acting) (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 88.64 km2 (34.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 75.38 km2 (29.10 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13.26 km2 (5.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 35,278 |
| • Density | 468/km2 (1,210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 2410–2415, 2810–2811, 3465–3466 |
| Area code | 0182, 0348 |
| Website | www |
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈboːdəɣraːvə(n) ˈreːuʋɛik]) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland with a population of 35,278 in 2021. 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 13.26 km2 (5.12 sq mi) is water.
Population centres
[edit]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
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, June 2015.
Paedophilia rumours
[edit]In 2020, false allegations were circulated online, that in the 1980s the town had been the site of the sexual abuse and murder of a number of children. In 2022, this led the town's authorities to take legal action to have the allegations removed from Twitter.[6] The council lost the case.[7]
Notable people
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- Pieter Verhoek (1633 in Bodegraven – 1702) a Dutch Golden Age poet and painter.
- Dominicus van Tol (ca.1635 in Bodegraven – 1676) a Dutch Golden Age painter
- Gijsbert Verhoek (1644 in Bodegraven – 1690) a Dutch Golden Age painter.
- Johan Zoutman (1724 in Reeuwijk – 1793) a Dutch naval figure and Rear Admiral
- Jan Ceton (1875 in Bodegraven – 1943) a Dutch left-wing politician
- Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (1904 in Bodegraven – 1979) a Dutch politician
- Jacob Korevaar (born 1923 in Lange Ruige Weide) a Dutch mathematician and academic
- Arnold Merkies (born 1968 in Bodegraven) a Dutch politician
Sport
[edit]- Jaap Beije (1927 in Bodegraven – 2013) a Dutch rower, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Ria van Velsen (born 1939 in Bodegraven) a retired Dutch artistic gymnast who participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Marjorie van de Bunt (born 1968 in Reeuwijk) a Dutch Paralympian athlete competing in Biathlon and Cross-country skiing
Gallery
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Bodegraven, Buitenkerk -
Kaaspakhuis Noordhoek. Bodegraven (old cheese warehouse) -
Netherlands, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Tempel -
Oud Reeuwijkseweg, Reeuwijk
References
[edit]- ^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2011" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2011]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Burgermeester" [Mayor]. Bestuur en organisatie (in Dutch). Gemeente Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 2411BD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Twitter sued by Dutch town Bodegraven-Reeuwijk over paedophilia rumour". BBC News. 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Dutch town falsely linked to satanic paedophiles loses Twitter court case". The Guardian. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- (in Dutch) Official website
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