Driebruggen

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| name = Driebruggen

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Driebruggen - brug over de Dubbele Wiericke.jpg

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| image_caption = Bridge over the Dubbele Wiericke in Driebruggen

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = South Holland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Bodegraven-Reeuwijk

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 3465HA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 2 May 2022 }}

| elevation_m = -1.7

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| area_total_km2 = 6.38

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 May 2022}}

| population_total = 2,005

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 3465

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0348

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| coordinates = {{coord|52|2|36|N|4|47|55|E|region:NL_type:city(1756)|display=inline,title}}

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Driebruggen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda.

According to the 1615 map of Rijnland, there were indeed three bridge in Driebruggen.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/driebruggen |title=Driebruggen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=nl}} Driebruggen is a road village without a church which developed in the 17th century near the bridge over the Dubbele Wiericke.{{cite news|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu10_01/sten009monu10_01_0034.php |title=Driebruggen |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2004 |isbn=90-400-9034-3 |language=nl |access-date=2 May 2022}}

Driebruggen was a separate municipality between 1964 and 1989. The name from this village means 3 bridges. It was created in a merger of Hekendorp, Lange Ruige Weide, Papekop, and Waarder.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}