Nieuwkoop

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Nieuwkoop

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Nieuwkoopseplassen-20040311.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Nieuwkoopse plassen

| image_flag = Flag of Nieuwkoop.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Nieuwkoop_wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0569 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Nieuwkoop in a municipal map of South Holland

| map_caption = Location in South Holland

| coordinates = {{coord|52|11|N|4|46|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = South Holland

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ondernemers/college-van-bw_41095/

|title = College van B&W

|trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Nieuwkoop

|access-date = 16 August 2013

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131031051443/http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ondernemers/college-van-bw_41095/

|archive-date = 31 October 2013

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = CDA

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Robbert-Jan van Duijn

| unit_pref = Metric

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

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Nieuwkoop}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Nieuwkoop}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Nieuwkoop}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

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

|title = Postcodetool for 2441LE

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 16 August 2013}}

| elevation_m = −5

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

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

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Nieuwkoop}}

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

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Nieuwkoop}}

| population_demonym =

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 2420–2441, 2460–2461, 3651–3653

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0172, 0297

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.nieuwkoop.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Image:Gem-Nieuwkoop-OpenTopo.jpg

Nieuwkoop ({{IPA|nl|ˈniukoːp|-|Nl-Nieuwkoop.ogg}}) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar. The municipality now covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Nieuwkoop}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Nieuwkoop}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. Its population was {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Nieuwkoop}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

On May 3, 2008, the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad published an article which stated that Nieuwkoop is the safest municipality of the Netherlands.

The municipality of Nieuwkoop includes the following communities:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

• Aardam
• Korteraar
• Langeraar
• Nieuwkoop
• Nieuwveen
• Noordeinde
• Noorden
• Noordsedorp
• Papenveer
• Ter Aar
• Vrouwenakker
• Woerdense Verlaat
• Zevenhoven

}}