Lansingerland

Lansingerland
—  Municipality  —
Aerial view
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°00′N 4°30′E
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Government
• Mayor	E.H. van Vliet (GW)
Area
• Total	56 km2 (21.6 sq mi)
• Land	54 km2 (20.8 sq mi)
• Water	2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population (Jan 2011)
• Total	54,100
• Density	966.1/km2 (2,502.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.lansingerland.nl

Lansingerland is the name for the new municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was formed on January 1, 2007, by the merger of the municipalities of Berkel en Rodenrijs, Bleiswijk and Bergschenhoek, collectively known as the "B-Triangle".

The name was chosen from a competition and derived from the name Lansingh, the height-of-land between the Delfland and Schieland Water Boards, which runs between the "B-Triangle" villages. The choice of name is symbolic: the name of the border that formerly divided the area, will now unite it. The "h" in Lansingh was dropped to ease spelling.

Lansingerland consists of the following communities:

• Bergschenhoek
• Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Bleiswijk
• De Rotte
• Kruisweg

Politics

On 18 September 2007 Ewald van Vliet was installed as the first mayor of Lansingerland. Lansingerland council consists of 31 seats. They were last contested in March 2010 and the results were as follows:-

Council seats
Party	2010
Partij van de Arbeid (Nederland) - PvdA	3
Christen Democratisch Appèl - CDA	6
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie - VVD	6
GroenLinks	1
Leefbaar 3B	9
Partij tot Behoud Huis de Haas	1
Nieuw Rechts	0
D66	2
ChristenUnie	3
Total	31

External links

• Plan of the "B-Triangle"