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Leimuiden
South Hollandvillage
Leimuiden
Total population
4,360
Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Leimuiden is a Dutch village in the South Holland municipality of Kaag en Braassem. Leimuiden is located between the Braassemermeer, the Westeinderplassen and the Ringvaart. Leimuiden is located north of Alphen aan den Rijn.
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History
The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Letthemutha, and means "mouth of the Leiden river". Leimuiden is a peat excavation settlement from the Middle Ages. The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with built-in tower with needle spire. It was built in 1805 as a replacement of the 1555 church. It was restored between 1963 and 1965, and a consistory was added. The village was bombed on 2 August 1940 by the Royal Air Force, because the Germans had established a local headquarters in Leimuiden. The highest level surface of Leimuiden is located on provincial road N207, approximately level with NAP. The village "on the hill" (Noordeinde-Dokter Stapenséastraat-Burgemeester Bakhuizenlaan-Dorpsstraat) is approximately 0.5 meters below NAP. The depoldered areas are between 4.0 and 4.5 meters below NAP.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Wildlife & biodiversity
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in South Holland
- Oude Wetering1.3 mi away · pop. 3,970
- Rijnsaterwoude1.8 mi away · pop. 1,185
- Roelofarendsveen2.3 mi away · pop. 7,900
- Nieuwe Wetering2.5 mi away · pop. 715
- Nieuwveen4 mi away · pop. 3,996
- Woubrugge4 mi away · pop. 3,705
- Ter Aar4.3 mi away · pop. 9,055
- Rijpwetering4.4 mi away · pop. 1,595
- Vrouwenakker4.8 mi away · pop. 111
- Kaag4.9 mi away · pop. 480
- Oud Ade5 mi away · pop. 765
- Lisse5.2 mi away · pop. 22,717
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Official Identifiers
CBS — Statistics Netherlands
- CBS code
- 0549
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,711
- Wikidata
- Q1019099
Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands, municipality code via Wikidata P382
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands — Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382