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{{Infobox settlement
|name               = Warmond
|settlement_type    = [[Village]]
|image_skyline      = Warmond, het voormalige gemeentehuis RM521960 foto3 2014-04-13 10.31.jpg
|image_alt          = 
|image_caption      = Former Warmond Town Hall
|pushpin_map        = Netherlands South Holland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Holland
|subdivision_type   = Country
|subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
|subdivision_name1  = [[South Holland]]
|subdivision_type2  = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2  = [[Teylingen]]
|area km2           =
|population_total   = 5020
|population_as_of   = 1 January 2021
|density            =
|website            =
|image_flag         = Flag of Warmond.svg
|image_shield       = Warmond wapen.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|52|11|50|N|4|30|6|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Warmond''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋɑrmɔnt|-|Nl-Warmond.ogg}}) is a village and former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the Western [[Netherlands]], north of [[Leiden]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[South Holland]]. The municipality covered an area of {{convert|14.42|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|4.42|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} is water; had a population of 4,977 in 2004. Together with [[Sassenheim]] and [[Voorhout]], it became part of the [[Teylingen]] municipality on 1 January 2006. Warmond, which is located in an area called the "Dune and Bulb Region" ([[Duin- en Bollenstreek]]), is notable for being very affluent.

Warmond is situated on a lake system called [[Kagerplassen]] and has several [[marina]]s which make it a popular recreational area for [[boating]] and other water sports.

An 18th-century mansion called ''"{{ill|Huys te Warmond|nl|Huys te Warmont}}"'' ("House at Warmond") is located north of the village along the main road.

The [[Major Seminary, Warmond]], was founded here in 1799. Located in a converted in the former French Boarding School, it provided training for Priests until 1967.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie van het Groot Seminarie |url=https://www.teylingen.nl/grootseminarie/historie-van-het-groot-seminarie |website=www.teylingen.nl |publisher=Gemeente Teylingen |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> The only known surviving copy of [[Joos Lambrecht]] Dutch-French dictionary, the ''Naembouck'', was discovered by [[Wytze Hellinga]] in the library here shortly after it was closed.<ref name="Cickx-Indestege">{{cite journal |last1=Cickx-Indestege |first1=E. |title=The first edition of the Naembouck by Joos Lambrecht (1546) |journal=Quaerendo |date=1971 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=13–15 |doi=10.1163/157006971X00040 |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/qua/1/1/article-p13_4.xml|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The first railway accident in the Netherlands occurred near Warmond on 10 March 1843. 1 person was killed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6oM-AAAAcAAJ&dq=10+maart+1843+Warmond&pg=PA4 Handleiding tot de kennis van de verschillende soorten van locomotieven], C.C. van Hall, 1844 (in Dutch)</ref>

==Demographics (2000)==
When it was a municipality, Warmond had the highest death rate in all of Netherlands. (22.3 per 1000 in 2004, three times the national average). Now [[Laren, North Holland|Laren]] has the highest Death Rate in all of Netherlands.
*Birth Rate: 8.97 per 1000 (2000)
*Death Rate: 23.10 per 1000 (2000)
*NGR: -1.41% per year (2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLEN&PA=37259ENG&D1=1-2&D2=0,20,24,33,38,154,262,325,818,1143-1146&D3=a&D4=a,!0-39&LA=EN&VW=T|title=CBS StatLine - Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region|website=statline.cbs.nl}}</ref>

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File:Warmond, pannekoekhuisje in rijksmonumentaal pand RM521961 foto4 2014-04-13 10.20.jpg|Warmond, restaurant in monumental house
Image:Huis te Warmond.jpg|{{ill|Huys te Warmond|nl}}.
File:Warmond, de Broekdijkmolen foto7 2017-04-09 10.12.jpg|Windmill: de Broekdijkmolen
</gallery>

==Notable inhabitants==
The Dutch painter [[Jan Steen]] lived in Warmond for a brief period, and his house can still be visited. It is also the home of Dutch author [[Maarten 't Hart]], who regularly uses the village and its inhabitants as inspiration for his novels. [[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]], commonly known as "[[People known as the father or mother of something|the Father of Microbiology]]", and considered to be the first [[microbiologist]], was schooled in Warmond.
*The film comedian [[Truus van Aalten]] died in Warmond in 1999.

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.warmond.nl }}
*[http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentealkemade/ Map of Warmond]
*[http://www.plattegronden.nl/oegstgeest/ More detailed map of west of Warmond] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422071313/http://plattegronden.nl/oegstgeest/ |date=2009-04-22 }}
*[http://warmelda.nl/foto_index.html Historic photos of Warmond]

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[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Teylingen]]