Zederik
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Zederik | |
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Former municipality | |
| Skyline of Tienhoven aan de Lek Skyline of Tienhoven aan de Lek | |
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| Highlighted position of Zederik in a municipal map of South Holland Location in South Holland | |
| Coordinates: 51°55′N 5°0′E / 51.917°N 5.000°ECoordinates: 51°55′N 5°0′E / 51.917°N 5.000°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Established | January 1, 1986 |
| Extinct | January 1, 2019 |
| 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 | 4126–4128, 4230–4235, 4243, 4245 |
| Area code | 0183, 0345, 0347 |
| Website | www |
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Zederik (nl) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water. It had a population of 55000.
The municipality of Zederik was formed on January 1, 1986, through the merger of the former municipalities of Ameide, Hei- en Boeicop, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Meerkerk, Nieuwland, and Tienhoven aan de Lek. Zederik merged with Leerdam and Vianen into the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden in the province of Utrecht on January 1, 2019. The municipality was named after the Old Zederik, a small canal running through its area.
The population centres of Zederik consisted of Ameide, Hei- en Boeicop, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Meerkerk, Nieuwland, and Tienhoven aan de Lek.
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Zederik, Sept. 2014.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Maarten Schakel Sr. (1917–1997) politician
- Teun Kloek (born 1934) economist and Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Govert Schilling (born 1956) popular-science writer and amateur astronomer
- Rita de Jong (born 1965) rower, she competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Robin Chaigneau (born 1988) former cyclist
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 4231BP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
External links
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- Vijfheerenlanden
- Alblasserwaard
- Former municipalities of South Holland
- 1986 establishments in the Netherlands
- States and territories established in 1986
- Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019