Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

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Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Municipality
Church in Bodegraven
Church in Bodegraven
Coat of arms of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Coat of arms
Location in South Holland
Location in South Holland
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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 (May 2014)[5]
 • Total 33,036
 • Density 436/km2 (1,130/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 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.

References

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