Boskoop
Sign in to savethumb|200px|right|Centre of Boskoop. thumb|200px|right|Rose Garden of Boskoop. Boskoop () is a town in the province of South Holland. It was a separate municipality until it merged into Alphen aan den Rijn in 2014. The town had a population of 15,050 in 2012 and covers an area of of which is water. It's the world's biggest joined floriculture area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Waddinxveen
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Boskoop
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and former municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Boskoop stadshuis.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Former Boskoop city hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Boskoop.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Boskoop wapen.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.shield_alt
- <!--
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0499 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of the former municipality of Boskoop
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in South Holland -->
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Boskoop
- Demonym
- Boskoper
- Area
- 7.29
- Image
- Reijerskoop 196, Boskoop - boerderij.JPG
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- Commons category
- Boskoop
- postal code
- 2771
- native label
- Boskoop
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Transport
- Attractions
- References
- External links
thumb|200px|right|Centre of Boskoop. thumb|200px|right|Rose Garden of Boskoop. Boskoop () is a town in the province of South Holland. It was a separate municipality until it merged into Alphen aan den Rijn in 2014. The town had a population of 15,050 in 2012 and covers an area of of which is water. It's the world's biggest joined floriculture area.
Boskoop is famous for its nurseries, particularly woody plant and perennial nurseries, of which some 774 are situated on long stretches of land, divided by narrow canals. Before World War II almost all transport was conducted using narrow boats. A few exceptionally high footbridges crossing some of the broader (main) canals remain from these days. Between the World Wars the transition was made from fruit culture to decorative garden plants and trees. As a source of technical knowledge about the art of growing decorative plants, Boskoop remains world-renowned and unique.
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