Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Bodegraven kerk.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Church in Bodegraven

| image_flag = Bodegraven-Reeuwijk vlag.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Bodegraven-Reeuwijk_wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1901 (2019).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk in a municipal map of South Holland

| map_caption = Location in South Holland

| coordinates = {{coord|52|5|N|4|45|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = South Holland

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1 January 2011{{cite web

|url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2011/default.htm

|title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2011

|trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2011

|language = nl

|website = cbs.nl

|publisher = CBS

|access-date = 15 July 2013}}

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.bodegraven-reeuwijk.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/burgemeester_42229/

|title = Burgermeester

|trans-title=Mayor

|language = nl

|work = Bestuur en organisatie

|publisher = Gemeente Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

|access-date = 15 July 2013

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121230130642/http://www.bodegraven-reeuwijk.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/burgemeester_42229/

|archive-date = 30 December 2012

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = VVD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Erik van Heijningen (acting)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 2411BD

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 15 July 2013}}

| elevation_m = 0

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}

| population_demonym =

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 2410–2415, 2810–2811, 3465–3466

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0182, 0348

| twin1 =

| twin1_country =

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.bodegraven-reeuwijk.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Bodegraven-Reeuwijk ({{IPA|nl|ˈboːdəɣraːvə(n) ˈreːuʋɛik}}) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland with a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}. It was established by a merger of Bodegraven and Reeuwijk on 1 January 2011. The municipality covers {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}|km2|abbr=on}} 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=

Image:Gem-Bodegraven-Reeuwijk-OpenTopo.jpg

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

Paedophilia rumours

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.{{cite web |title=Twitter sued by Dutch town Bodegraven-Reeuwijk over paedophilia rumour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62938603 |publisher=BBC News |date=17 September 2022}} The council lost the case.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Dutch town falsely linked to satanic paedophiles loses Twitter court case |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/04/dutch-town-falsely-linked-to-satanic-paedophiles-loses-twitter-court-case |access-date=4 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=4 October 2022 }}

Notable people

File:Cornelis van Cuylenburg (II) - Johan Arnold Zoutman.jpg

= Sport =

Gallery

File:Bodegraven - rijksmonument 9746 - Buitenkerk 61 20120628.jpg|Bodegraven, Buitenkerk

File:KaaspakhuisNoordhoek.Bodegraven.jpg|Kaaspakhuis Noordhoek. Bodegraven (old cheese warehouse)

File:Netherlands, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Tempel.JPG|Netherlands, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Tempel

File:Oud Reeuwijkseweg 15 in Reeuwijk.jpg|Oud Reeuwijkseweg, Reeuwijk

References

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