Editing Nieuwkoop

{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Nieuwkoop
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Nieuwkoopse plassen
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Nieuwkoop in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|11|N|4|46|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]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ondernemers/college-van-bw_41095/
 |title       = College van B&W
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Nieuwkoop
 |access-date  = 16 August 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131031051443/http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ondernemers/college-van-bw_41095/
 |archive-date = 31 October 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = [[Robbert-Jan van Duijn]]
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Nieuwkoop}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Nieuwkoop}}
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 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2420–2441, 2460–2461, 3651–3653
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0172, 0297
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.nieuwkoop.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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[[Image:Gem-Nieuwkoop-OpenTopo.jpg|265px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Nieuwkoop, June 2015'']]

'''Nieuwkoop''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈniukoːp|-|Nl-Nieuwkoop.ogg}}) is a town and municipality in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of [[Liemeer]] and [[Ter Aar]]. The municipality now covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Nieuwkoop}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Nieuwkoop}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. Its population was {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Nieuwkoop}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

On May 3, 2008, the Dutch newspaper ''[[Algemeen Dagblad]]'' published an article which stated that Nieuwkoop is the safest municipality of the Netherlands. 

The municipality of Nieuwkoop includes the following communities:
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Aardam]]
* Korteraar
* [[Langeraar]]
* Nieuwkoop
* [[Nieuwveen]]
* [[Noordeinde, Nieuwkoop|Noordeinde]]
* [[Noorden]]
* Noordsedorp
* [[Papenveer]]
* [[Ter Aar]]
* [[Vrouwenakker]]
* [[Woerdense Verlaat]]
* [[Zevenhoven]]
}}

==History==
The oldest part of Nieuwkoop are the buildings along the ''Nieuwkoopse Plassen'' (Nieuwkoop's Ponds), many of which are completely surrounded by water and accessible over individual bridges to the main road. The Nieuwkoopse Plassen are shallow lakes that were dug for [[peat]] harvesting in the 16th century and are now designated as a natural monument. New neighborhoods north-west of the main road are built after World War II.

== Notable people ==
* [[John of Leiden]] (1509 in Zevenhoven – 1536) a Dutch leader of the [[Anabaptism]] movement in [[Münster]]
* [[Catharina Oostfries]] (1636 in Nieuwkoop – 1708) a [[Dutch Golden Age]] glass painter
* [[Willem van Eijk]] (1941 in Korteraar – 2019) a twice convicted Dutch serial killer
* [[Daan Roosegaarde]] (born 1979 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch artist who merges technology and art
* [[Froukje Veenstra|Froukje]] (born 2001 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch singer-songwriter
=== Sport ===
* [[Wil Burgmeijer]] (born 1947 in Ter Aar) a retired Dutch speed skater, competed at the [[1968 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Jos Valentijn]] (born 1952 in Ter Aar) a retired speed skater
* [[Petra de Bruin]] (born 1962 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch former cyclist
* [[Ralph Schwarz]] (1967 in Nieuwkoop – 1992) a Dutch rower, competed in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Arjan van der Laan]] (born 1969 in Nieuwkoop) a Dutch former footballer with 427 club caps, was manager of the [[Netherlands women's national football team]]
* [[Sander Berk]] (born 1979 in Nieuwveen) a Dutch triathlete
* [[Laurien van der Graaff]] (born 1987 in Nieuwkoop) a Swiss cross-country skier, competed at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] for Switzerland
* [[Melissa Wijfje]] (born 1995 in Ter Aar) a Dutch allround speed skater

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Nieuwkoop, de Rooms Katholieke kerk RM525041 IMG 9234 2021-05-30 17.27.jpg|Nieuwkoop, catholic church
Image:Zevenhoven, kerk 2007-04-18 16.52.JPG|Zevenhoven, church
File:Noordeinde, de Sint Johannes de Doperkerk GM0569-WN037 IMG 9226 2021-05-30 16.49.jpg|Noordeinde, church
File:Netherlands, Nieuwkoop, Woerdense Verlaat (1).JPG|Nieuwkoop, Woerdense Verlaat
File:Overzicht van boerderij, vanaf de overzijde van het water - Nieuwkoop - 20383591 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht van boerderij, vanaf de overzijde van het water, Nieuwkoop
Image:Woerdense_Verlaat,_ophaalbrug_2007-04-18_17.32.JPG|Woerdense Verlaat, drawbridge
File:Woerdense Verlaat, rivier de Meije vlakbij de Bosweg foto12 2017-07-09 11.01.jpg|Woerdense Verlaat, river (de Meije) near the Bosweg
File:Woerdense Verlaat, koeien in weiland langs de Bosweg bij Lusthof de Haeck foto3 2017-07-09 11.11.jpg|Woerdense Verlaat, cows in pasture along the Bosweg near Lusthof de Haeck
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ Official website]
* [http://floritime.ru/kashpo/nieuwkoop/ Nieuwkoop Rus]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Nieuwkoop
|North     = [[Uithoorn]]&nbsp;([[North Holland|NH]])
|Northeast = [[De Ronde Venen]]&nbsp;([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Woerden]]&nbsp;([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
|South     = [[Bodegraven-Reeuwijk]]
|Southwest = [[Alphen aan den Rijn]]
|West      = [[Kaag en Braassem]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{South Holland Province}}

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[[Category:Nieuwkoop| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]