Editing Bergambacht

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Bergambacht
| settlement_type         = Village and former municipality
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Bergambacht - molen Den Arend.jpg
| image_alt               = Wind mill in the middle of some bushes
| image_caption           = [[Windmill]] Den Arend in Bergambacht
| image_flag              = 
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = Flag diagonally split with green in the top left and blue on the bottom right with a centered coat of arms in the middle.
| image_shield            = 
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = Large eagle on red background on top of a small fish on blue background. The shield as a whole has a crown on top.
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0491 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Bergambacht in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|56|N|4|47|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List_of_sovereign_states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces_of_the_Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Krimpenerwaard]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
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<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Bergambacht}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Bergambacht}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Bergambacht}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2861AH
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 14 July 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 1
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = 10.016
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Bergambacht}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2825, 2860–2861, 2865
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0182
| twin1                   = 
| twin1_country           = 
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.bergambacht.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}

'''Bergambacht''' ({{IPA|nl|bɛrxˈɑmbɑxt|-|Nl-Bergambacht.ogg}} {{IPA|nl|bɛrəxˈʔɑmbɑxt|label=or}}) is a village and 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|{{Dutch municipality total area|Bergambacht}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Bergambacht}}|km2|abbr=on}} was water, and had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Bergambacht}}}} as of {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}. The former municipality included the communities of [[Ammerstol]] and [[Berkenwoude]], which were separate municipalities until they merged with Bergambacht in 1985.

==Topography==
[[File:2013-Bergambacht.jpg|475px|]]

''Topographic map of the former municipality of Bergambacht, 2013.''

== Notable people ==
* [[Wim Kok]] (1938-2018), trade union leader and politician; Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1994-2002
* [[Meindert Leerling]] (1936–2021), journalist and politician

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020804013138/http://www.bergambacht.nl/ Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Bergambacht
|North     = [[Vlist]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Schoonhoven]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = ''[[Lek (river)|Lek]]''<br>[[Molenwaard]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Nederlek]]
|Northwest = [[Ouderkerk]]
}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2015]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Krimpenerwaard]]

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