Editing Waddinxveen

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Waddinxveen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = HefbrugWveen.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Vertical-lift bridge]] over the [[Gouwe (river)|Gouwe]] in Waddinxveen
| image_flag              = Vlag waddinxveen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
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| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0627 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Waddinxveen in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|3|N|4|39|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.waddinxveen.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling-college_41261/
 |title       = Samenstelling college
 |trans-title = Members of the board
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Waddinxveen
 |access-date  = 26 August 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104130956/http://www.waddinxveen.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling-college_41261/
 |archive-date = 4 November 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = SGP
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Evert Jan Nieuwenhuis]]
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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|Waddinxveen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Waddinxveen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Waddinxveen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2741HR
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 26 August 2013}}</ref>
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Waddinxveen}}
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| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Waddinxveen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Waddinxvener
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2740–2743
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0182
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.waddinxveen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Waddinxveen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌʋɑdɪŋksˈfeːn|-|Nl-Waddinxveen.ogg}}) is a town and municipality along the [[Gouwe (river)|Gouwe river]] in the western [[Netherlands]] in the province of [[South Holland]] near [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]]. The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Waddinxveen}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}} and covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Waddinxveen}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Waddinxveen}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.

A small piece of artwork named ''{{Interlanguage link|De Vergeten Plek|nl|}}'' (Dutch for 'The Forgotten Place') marks the lowest point on the Dutch polders, 7.01 meters below [[Amsterdam Ordnance Datum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rondevanwaddinxveen.nl/portfolio-view/gemeente-waddinxveen/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807174341/rondevanwaddinxveen.nl/portfolio-view/gemeente-waddinxveen/|archive-date=2020-08-07|title=Gemeente Waddinxveen}}</ref>

==History==
The first reference to the area is from 1233, when on April 20, [[Floris IV, Count of Holland]], sold an area of peat lands along the Gouwe River for 200 Dutch pounds to Nicolas of Gnepwijk, Lord of Aalsmeer and Woubrecht. The area was given the name "Waddinxvene". Because of this event, Waddinxveen celebrated its 750-year anniversary in 1983.

Between 1817 and 1870, Waddinxveen was dissolved and its area split into the municipalities of Noord-Waddinxveen and Zuid-Waddinxveen.<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, ''Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten'', KNAW, 2006, p. 191 ([http://www.knaw.nl/Content/Internet_KNAW/publicaties/pdf/20061061.pdf Online edition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325163729/http://www.knaw.nl/Content/Internet_KNAW/publicaties/pdf/20061061.pdf |date=2012-03-25 }})</ref> Due to further expanding, those two municipalities reunited into one.

[[File:2013-Waddinxveen.jpg|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Waddinxveen, July 2013]]

==Notable people==
*[[Tjark de Vries]] (born 1965), rower
*[[Mark Vanderloo]] (born 1968), model
*[[Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk]] (born 1970), painter and ceramist
*[[Mirjam Overdam]] (born 1973), water polo player
*[[Sharon den Adel]] (born 1974), songwriter, singer and fashion designer
*[[Robert Westerholt]] (born 1975), musician and guitarist
*[[Martijn Westerholt]] (born 1979), keyboardist and songwriter
*[[Roald van Hout]] (born 1988), footballer

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Kerkweg-Oost 218, Waddinxveen.jpg|Kerkweg-Oost, Waddinxveen
Hefbrug Zuidkade.jpg|The Hefbrug bridge at Waddinxveen crossing the Gouwe
Plasweg 9, Waddinxveen. De Schouw.jpg|Plasweg, Waddinxveen. De Schouw
Waddixveen, de Brugkerk RM38202 IMG 0544 2024-04-07 16.24.jpg|The Brug church
</gallery>

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

== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.waddinxveen.nl}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Waddinxveen
|North     = [[Alphen aan den Rijn]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Bodegraven-Reeuwijk]]
|Southeast = [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]]
|South     = [[Zuidplas]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = 
|Northwest = 
}}
{{South Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Waddinxveen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]