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Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Church in Bodegraven
Church in Bodegraven
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Coat of arms of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
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Highlighted position of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk in a municipal map of South Holland
Location in South Holland
Country Netherlands
Province South Holland
Established 1 January 2011
Government
 • Body Municipal council
Area
 • 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
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Population
 (May 2014)
 • Total 33,036
 • Density 436/km2 (1,130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
2410–2415, 2810–2811, 3465–3466
Area code 0182, 0348

Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈboːdəɣraːvə(n) ˈreːuʋɛik]) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland with a population of 33,036 in 2014. 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

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, June 2015.

Notable people

Cornelis van Cuylenburg (II) - Johan Arnold Zoutman
Johan Arnold Zoutman, 1801
  • 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

  • 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

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See also

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