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 =
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| 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
- 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
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
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.bodegraven-reeuwijk.nl Official website]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
|North = Nieuwkoop
|Northeast = Woerden{{space}}(UT)
|East = Montfoort{{space}}(UT)
|Southeast = Oudewater{{space}}(UT)
|South = Krimpenerwaard
|Southwest = Gouda
|West = Waddinxveen
|Northwest = Alphen aan den Rijn
}}
{{Dutch municipality Bodegraven-Reeuwijk}}
{{South Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of South Holland
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2011
{{SouthHolland-geo-stub}}