Editing Zoeterwoude

{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Zoeterwoude
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Former monastery of the Franciscan Order from 1880, later a girls' school, in Zoeterwoude
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Zoeterwoude in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|8|N|4|30|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.zoeterwoude.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/collegeleden_3155/
 |title = Collegeleden
 |trans-title = Members of the board
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Zoeterwoude
 |access-date = 30 August 2013}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Fred van Trigt
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
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 |title = Postcodetool for 2381ET
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 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 30 August 2013}}</ref>
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2380–2382
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 071
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.zoeterwoude.nl}}
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'''Zoeterwoude''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌzutərˈʋʌudə|-|Nl-Zoeterwoude.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[South Holland]], Western [[Netherlands]]. It covers {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Zoeterwoude}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Zoeterwoude}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. It had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Zoeterwoude}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

Located to the southeast of [[Leiden]] and north of [[Zoetermeer]], the municipality of Zoeterwoude consists of [[Gelderswoude]], [[Weipoort]], [[Westeinde, Zoeterwoude|Westeinde]], [[Zoeterwoude-Dorp]], [[Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk]] and [[Zuidbuurt]].

[[Image:Gem-Zoeterwoude-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|Dutch topographic map of Zoeterwoude, Sept. 2014]]

==History==
[[File:Netherlands, Zoeterwoude, map of 1867.jpg|thumb|upright|''1867 map of Zoeterwoude'']]
The name Zoeterwoude is first mentioned in a document from 1205, which references a certain "Florentius van Sotrewold". It is uncertain if this is a reference to the village. The first confirmed existence is from 1276 when Dirk van Santhorst received the "Soetrewold" fiefdom from [[Floris V, Count of Holland]].

Its municipal boundaries were set circa 1300. At that time it was one of the largest municipalities in the Netherlands, but later much land was annexed by surrounding cities, notably [[Leiden]]. In 1450, the first bridge between [[Leiderdorp]] and Zoeterwoude was built. In 1574, Zoeterwoude was burnt to the ground and its [[polder]]s inundated by Leideners in order to increase the range of the city's cannons. Almost no inhabitants remained in Zoeterwoude.

Around 1650, Zoeterwoude had been almost rebuilt and 50 years later it was prospering. After 1800, Leiden started a long series of annexations, reducing the land area of Zoeterwoude.

In 1960, the [[A4 motorway (Netherlands)|A4 motorway]] was built and since 1966 it has been the municipal boundary between Leiden and Zoeterwoude.

== Economy ==
A datacenter from [[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication|SWIFT]] is located in Zoeterwoude.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Via Zoeterwoude kon CIA 'iedere' euro zien|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/03/19/via-zoeterwoude-kon-cia-iedere-euro-zien-12006245-a757718|access-date=2022-02-14|website=[[NRC Handelsblad]]|language=nl}}</ref>

The main [[brewery]] of [[Heineken International]] is located in Zoeterwoude.

==Notable people==
[[File:Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken.jpg|130px|thumb|Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, 1771 portrait]]
* [[Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken]] (1721–1789), dramatist and poet
* [[Harm Kamerlingh Onnes]] (1893–1985), portrait painter and ceramist
* [[Paul van Kempen]] (1893–1955), violinist and conductor
* [[Bram van Velde]] (1895–1981), fine-art painter
* [[Aar de Goede]] (1928–2016) politician

=== Sport ===
* [[François Brandt]] (1874–1949) rower, competed at the [[1900 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jeroen Straathof]] (born 1972), cyclist and speed skater
* [[Suzanne de Goede]] (born 1984), cyclist

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Zoeterwoude. Dorpsgezicht van Zoeterwoude vanaf het Watertje.jpg|Zoeterwoude. Village view, as seen from the Watertje
File:Weipoort een langgerekt buurtschap in de gemeente Zoeterwoude.jpg|Weipoort, a stretched out neighbourhood within Zoeterwoude
File:Netherlands, Zoeterwoude - Zuidbuurt (3), Westbroekpolder.JPG|View over the Westbroekpolder near Zoeterwoude-Zuidbuurt
File:Netherlands, Zoeterwoude, Westeinde (1), Christina's hoeve.JPG|Christina's farm in Westeinde
File:Zoeterwoude 030.jpg|Skyline of Zoeterwoude
File:Netherlands, Zoeterwoude, Zoeterwoude-dorp (1).JPG|Former shipyard in the old centre
File:Noordbuurtseweg 35 Zoeterwoude - 1.jpg|Noordbuurtseweg, Zoeterwoude
</gallery>

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

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

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Zoeterwoude
|North     = [[Leiden]]
|Northeast = [[Leiderdorp]]<br>''[[Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland)|Oude Rijn]]''
|East      = [[Alphen aan den Rijn]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Zoetermeer]]
|Southwest = [[Leidschendam-Voorburg]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = 
}}
{{South Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Zoeterwoude| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of South Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Holland]]