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Zoeterwoude-Dorp

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Zoeterwoude-Dorp

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Zoeterwoude-Dorp is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zoeterwoude, and lies about 3.5 km south of Leiden. It has its origins in the 13th century, and even though the whole town went up in flames in the late 16th century, it was rebuilt within a hundred years and significantly expanded over the course of the 20th century.

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Place details

Locality
Zoeterwoude
Region
Zuid-Holland
Country
Nederland
Population
4,230
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Zoeterwoude-Dorp
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.native_name_lang
nl
Settlement.image_skyline
Zoeterwoude 019.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Eastern entrance to Zoeterwoude-Dorp, from the Nieuwe Weg
Settlement.image_map
LocatieZoeterwoude.png
Settlement.image_map1
Map NL - Zoeterwoude - Zoeterwoude-Dorp.png
Settlement.map_caption1
The town centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Zoeterwoude-Dorp in the municipality of Zoeterwoude.
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Zoeterwoude
Settlement.area_total_ha
119
Settlement.area_water_ha
3
Settlement.population_total
4205

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Zoeterwoude-Dorp is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zoeterwoude, and lies about 3.5 km south of Leiden. It has its origins in the 13th century, and even though the whole town went up in flames in the late 16th century, it was rebuilt within a hundred years and significantly expanded over the course of the 20th century.

==History== Although signs of human settlement in the Zoeterwoude region were dated to as early as the 8th century in the vicinity of present-day Weipoort, a village on the current location of Zoeterwoude-Dorp was not constructed until about 1276 when the mire in the area was cultivated. A Catholic church from the earlier village dedicated to the English missionary Saint Lebuinus was rebuilt in what was then called "Zwieterwoude".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zoeterwoude-Dorp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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