Stompwijk

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Stompwijk

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Leidschendam-Voorburg

| coördinaten =

| area_total_km2 = 12.21

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = South Holland

| population = ca. 3100

| population_as_of =

| density =

| website =

| image_shield = Stompwijk wapen.svg

| coordinates = {{coord|52|5|40|N|4|28|11|E|region:NL|display=inline}}

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File:Stompwijk, de Sint-Laurentiuskerk langs de Stompwijkse Vaart RM510315 IMG 0411 2019-07-01 12.05.jpg

File:Stompwijkseweg 68-70, Stompwijk, Netherlands.JPG

Stompwijk is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It borders Leiden to the North, Zoeterwoude to the East, Zoetermeer to the South, and Voorschoten to the West.

Stompwijk arose together with Wilseveen in the 13th century, and the name can be traced back to 1285 as Stompwiick{{Cite web |title=Oorkondenboek van Holland en Zeeland tot 1299 |url=https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/ohz/#page=539&accessor=searchText&source=4&view=imagePane&size=669 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240606162715/https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/ohz/ |archive-date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=resources.huygens.knaw.nl |page=522 |language=nl}}. The exact origins of its name are unknown.

Stompwijk was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1938, when it merged with Veur to create the new municipality of Leidschendam{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}. In 2002 the municipality of Leidschendam merged with the municipality of Voorburg to create the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg, of which Stompwijk has been a part ever since.

As of 2024, 2355 inhabtitants inhabit the core town of Stompwijk{{Cite web |date=2016-07-01 |title=Wijk Stompwijk (gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg) in cijfers en grafieken |url=https://allecijfers.nl/wijk/stompwijk-leidschendam-voorburg/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=AlleCijfers.nl |language=nl-NL}}. A further 835 inhabitants live in the surrounding rural areas{{Cite web |date=2016-07-01 |title=Buurt Landelijk gebied Stompwijk (gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg) in cijfers en grafieken |url=https://allecijfers.nl/buurt/landelijk-gebied-stompwijk-leidschendam-voorburg/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=AlleCijfers.nl |language=nl-NL}}.