Editing Rijnwoude

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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Rijnwoude
| settlement_type         = Former [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Rijnwoude 014.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in Hazerswoude-Dorp
| image_flag              = Rijnwoude vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Rijneveld-Rijnwoude wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1672 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of the former municipality of Rijnwoude in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|8|N|4|35|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       = [[Alphen aan den Rijn]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1991
| extinct_title           = Dissolved
| extinct_date            = 1 January 2014<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2014/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2014
 |trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2014
 |language = Dutch
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |accessdate = 10 January 2014}}</ref>
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{cite web |url = http://statline.cbs.nl |title = Kerncijfers wijken en buurten |trans-title=Key figures for neighbourhoods |language = Dutch |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = 2 July 2013 |work = CBS Statline |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]] |accessdate = 11 July 2013}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = 57.89
| area_land_km2           = 56.69
| area_water_km2          = 1.20
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2394EB
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 19 August 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = &minus;1
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |url = http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230NED&D1=17&D2=165,240,348,471,504&D3=l&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T |title = Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand |trans-title=Population growth; regions per month |language = Dutch |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = 23 December 2013 |work = CBS Statline |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]] |accessdate = 20 January 2014}}</ref>
| population_total        = 18,523
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|11}} 2013
| population_density_km2  = 327
| population_demonym      = 
<!-- Other information -->
| 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             = 2390–2396, 2730–2731
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0172, 071, 079
| footnotes               =
}}
[[Image:RietveldseMolen.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Windmill Rietveldse Molen, near Hazerswoude-Dorp]]
'''Rijnwoude''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈrɛiɱˌʋʌudə|-|351 Rijnwoude.ogg}}) was a municipality in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. The municipality covered an area of {{convert|57.89|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|1.20|km2|abbr=on}} was water.

Rijnwoude was formed in 1991 as Rijneveld through the merger of the former municipalities of [[Benthuizen]], [[Hazerswoude]] and [[Koudekerk aan den Rijn]]. In 1993 the municipality was renamed to Rijnwoude. In 2014 the municipality was dissolved and its land area was amalgamated into [[Alphen aan den Rijn]].

The municipality of Rijnwoude consisted of the communities [[Benthorn]], [[Benthuizen]], [[Hazerswoude-Dorp]], [[Groenendijk]], [[Hazerswoude-Rijndijk]] (location of town hall), [[Hogeveen]], and [[Koudekerk aan den Rijn]].

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{{Geographic location
|title     = Neighbouring municipalities at time of dissolution
|Centre    = Rijnwoude
|North     = [[Kaag en Braassem]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Alphen aan den Rijn]]<br>[[Boskoop]]
|Southeast = [[Waddinxveen]]
|South     = [[Lansingerland]], [[Zuidplas]]
|Southwest = [[Zoetermeer]]
|West      = [[Zoeterwoude]]
|Northwest = [[Leiderdorp]]
}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1993]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Alphen aan den Rijn]]

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