Nederlek
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Nederlek | |
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Former municipality | |
| Water tower in Krimpen aan de Lek Water tower in Krimpen aan de Lek | |
| Template:Infobox settlement/columns | |
| Highlighted position of Nederlek in a municipal map of South Holland Location in South Holland | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′38″N 04°39′38″E / 51.91056°N 4.66056°ECoordinates: 51°54′38″N 04°39′38″E / 51.91056°N 4.66056°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Krimpenerwaard |
| Established | 1 January 1985 |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 2930–2931, 2940–2941 |
| Area code | 0180 |
| Website | www |
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Nederlek (nl) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard.
The former municipality covered an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] was covered by water. It was formed on 1 January 1985, by the amalgamation of the municipalities Krimpen aan de Lek and Lekkerkerk. Its name means "Lower Lek", a reference to its location on the Lek River.
There is no town called Nederlek; the former municipality consisted of the population centres Krimpen aan de Lek and Lekkerkerk. The last town gained notoriety in 1980 when a large amount of toxic waste was found underneath a residential area built in the 1970s. The cost of cleaning up the mess ran up to 188 million guilders (approximately 90 million US dollars).
References
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 2941ES". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population