Editing Reeuwijk

{{Infobox settlement
 | official_name            = Reeuwijk
 | image_flag               = Flag of Reeuwijk.svg
 | flag_size                = 120x100px
 | image_shield             = Coat_of_arms_of_Reeuwijk.svg
 | shield_size              = 120x100px
 | image_map                = LocatieReeuwijk.png
 | mapsize                  = 250px
 | subdivision_type         = Country
 | subdivision_name         = [[Netherlands]]
 | subdivision_type1        = Province
 | subdivision_name1        = [[South Holland]]
 | subdivision_type2        = Municipality
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Bodegraven-Reeuwijk]]
 | area_footnotes           = (2006)
 | area_total_km2           = 50.11
 | area_land_km2            = 38.22
 | area_water_km2           = 11.89
 | population_as_of         = 1 January 2007
 | population_note          = Source: [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]], [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline].
 | settlement_type          = Former municipality
 | population_total         = 12645
 | population_density_km2   = 331
 | timezone                 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
 | utc_offset               = +1
 | timezone_DST             = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
 | utc_offset_DST           = +2
 | coordinates              = {{coord|52.05|N|4.73|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
 | website                  = [http://www.reeuwijk.nl www.reeuwijk.nl]
}}
'''Reeuwijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈreːuʋɛik|-|Nl-Reeuwijk.ogg}}) is a former municipality in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. The former municipality covers an area of 50.11&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (of which 11.89&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> is water). Since January 1, 2011 Reeuwijk merged with [[Bodegraven]] to [[Bodegraven-Reeuwijk]].

The former municipality of Reeuwijk includes the communities of [[Driebruggen]], [[Hogebrug]], [[Langeweide]], [[Middelburg, South Holland|Middelburg]], [[Oud-Reeuwijk]], [[Oukoop, South Holland|Oukoop]], [[Platteweg]], [[Randenburg]], [[Reeuwijk-Brug]], [[Reeuwijk-Dorp]], [[Sluipwijk]],  [[Tempel, Reeuwijk|Tempel]], [[Waarder]] and [[Westeinde, Reeuwijk|Westeinde]].

==History==
Reeuwijk was established as a good location for [[peat]] harvesting. The earliest known reference to the town is from 1248.

The area prospered in the 18th century when layers of peat were dug up, dried, and used as fuel for industries in [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]]. Eventually these peat quarries struck a fresh-water spring, forming the [[:Image:ReeuwijksePlassen.jpg|Reeuwijk Ponds (''Reeuwijkse Plassen'')]]. Reeuwijk added neighboring municipalities: in 1855, Middelburg was added, in 1857, Oukoop, in 1870, Sluipwijk and Stein.

On January 1, 1989, when the municipality Driebruggen (formed in 1964) was dissolved, its communities Waarder and Driebruggen were added to Reeuwijk.

[[Image:Reeuwijk 1868.png|thumb|none|230px|Reeuwijk in 1868.]]

== External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020930002139/http://www.reeuwijk.nl/ Official Website]

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[[Category:Bodegraven-Reeuwijk]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2011]]