Editing Nederlek

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Nederlek
| settlement_type         = Former municipality
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Krimpen ad Lek, watertoren foto2 2010-07-04 11.27.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Water tower in [[Krimpen aan de Lek]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Nederlek.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Nederlek.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0643 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Nederlek in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|54|38|N|04|39|38|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]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1985
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Nederlek}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Nederlek}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Nederlek}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2941ES
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 14 August 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = &minus;1
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| 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        = {{Dutch municipality population|Nederlek}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Nederlek}} <!-- 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             = 2930–2931, 2940–2941
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0180
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.nederlek.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Nederlek''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈneːdərlɛk|-|Nl-Nederlek.ogg}}) 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|{{Dutch municipality total area|Nederlek}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Nederlek}}|km2|abbr=on}} 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 [[guilder]]s (approximately 90 million [[US dollar]]s).
[[Image:Binnenkomst Lekkerkerk via dijk vanaf Krimpen aan de Lek CIMG9555.JPG|thumb|none|280px|View of [[Lek River]] and [[Lekkerkerk]] in the distance.]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020929194023/http://www.nederlek.nl/ Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Nederlek
|North     = [[Ouderkerk]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Bergambacht]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = ''[[Lek (river)|Lek]]''<br>[[Molenwaard]]
|Southwest = [[Ridderkerk]] / ''[[Nieuwe Maas]]''
|West      = 
|Northwest = [[Krimpen aan den IJssel]]
}}

{{Authority control}}

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


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