Editing Schipluiden

{{Infobox settlement
|name               = Schipluiden
|subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1  = Province
|subdivision_name1  = [[South Holland]]
|subdivision_type2  = Municipality
|subdivision_name2  = [[Midden-Delfland]]
|area_km2           =
|population = 4.536 (woonkern Schipluiden)<br><ref>[http://www.middendelfland.nl/index.asp?nmoduleid=2&amp;wgid=17&amp;sc=0&amp;spagetype=21&amp;nPageID=319&amp;nCMSPageType=1 Website gemeente Midden-Delfland, 2009]</ref>
|population_as_of   = 2009
|density            =
|website            =
|image_shield       =
|coordinates        = {{coord|51|58|35|N|4|18|53|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
|image_map=Map - NL - Midden-Delfland - Wijk 00 Schipluiden - Buurt 00 Schipluiden.svg
|map_caption=Location of Schipluiden in the municipality of Midden-Delfland
|image_skyline =Schipluiden - gemeentehuis.jpg
|image_caption= Former city hall of Schipluiden
}}
[[File:Schipluiden vanaf brug.jpg|thumb|Schipluiden]]
'''Schipluiden''' is a village in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. It is the seat of the council of the municipality of [[Midden-Delfland]].

The village was founded relatively late in the 15th century and evolved around the [[Keenenburg]] castle, which no longer exists. The current Dutch Reformed church in the village centre belonged to the [[Catholic]] [[Teutonic Knights]] before 1572, when the [[Calvinists]] took over control of the church. The village inhabitants worked in the food trade from the agrarian area [[Westland, region of the Netherlands|Westland]] to the cities of [[Vlaardingen]] and [[Delft]]. Most of the population became Roman Catholic in the 17th century. For sermons, they had to go to the Roman Catholic Church, some kilometres out of the village.

In 1855, the municipality of [[Sint Maartensregt]] was merged into Schipluiden.<ref name=repertorium>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

A new Roman Catholic church was built in the 1960s. Schipluiden remained a small agrarian village until the 1950s. Its population began to grow significantly in the second half of the twentieth century as many middle-class people from the cities came to live in the village, but the village has maintained its village culture.

Schipluiden was a separate municipality until 2004, when it became part of Midden-Delfland.<ref name=repertorium/>

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File:Schipluiden, de Hervormde Kerk in straatzicht RM33377 foto1 2014-04-14 11.25.jpg|Reformed church 
File:Schipluiden, molen foto2 2007-03-10 10.55.JPG|Windmill: de Korpershoek
File:Schipluiden, brug over Vlaardingervaart 2007-03-10 10.58.JPG|Bridge across the Vlaardingervaart
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.schipluiden.nl Official Website]
*[http://www.middendelfland.net/ Schipluiden en Midden-Delfland Mooi Dichtbij portal]

{{Coord|51|59|N|4|19|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2004]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Midden-Delfland]]


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