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Country
  
Netherlands

Demonym(s)
  
Leiderdorper

Postcode
  
2350–2353

Area
  
12.29 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 6:22 AM

Elevation
  
0 m (0 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.leiderdorp.nl

Province
  
South Holland

Area code
  
071

Leiderdorp

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity

Leiderdorp ( [lɛi̯dərˈdɔrp]) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near the city of Leiden. It had a population of 26,786 in 2014.

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Map of Leiderdorp, Netherlands

The municipality covers an area of 12.28 km2 (4.74 sq mi) of which 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) is water. Leiderdorp has now become a suburb of the city of Leiden, although the Oude Rijn (Old Rhine) river and the Zijl river separate the two. The HSL-Zuid high-speed rail line between Amsterdam and Brussels crosses Leiderdorp in a tunnel.

It is one of the oldest towns in Zuid Holland province and was a base for the Spanish army in the Eighty Years' War.

Leiderdorp is twinned with Šamorín, in Slovakia.

Notable residents

  • Armin van Buuren, born December 25, 1976, lived in Leiderdorp, trance music producer and DJ.
  • Carice van Houten, born September 5, 1976, lived in Leiderdorp, stage and film actress.
  • Thomas Erdbrink, born January 27, 1976, lived in Leiderdorp, Chief of the Tehran Bureau, The New York Times
  • Dennis Leeflang, born May 22, 1979, born in Leiderdorp, lived in Leiderdorp, drummer and music producer.
  • Daphne Groeneveld, born December 24, 1994, born in Leiderdorp, model.
  • Regina Bruins, born October 7, 1986, lives in Leiderdorp, professional cyclist.
  • Thomas Azier, born 14 August 1987, born in Leiderdorp, electro-pop singer and musician.

    • References

    Leiderdorp Wikipedia
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