Leiderdorp

Leiderdorp
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52.15°N 4.53°E / 52.15; 4.53
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Area(2006)
• Total	12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
• Land	11.73 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
• Water	0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
• Total	26,090
• Density	2,224/km2 (5,760/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.leiderdorp.nl

Leiderdorp, map of 1867.

Town centre on the Old Rhine.

Leiderdorp ( pronunciation ) 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 26,182 in 2004.

The municipality covers an area of 12.29 km² (4.75 mile²) of which 0.56 km² (0.22 mile²) 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.

Šamorín, in Slovakia, is the twin town of Leiderdorp.

Notable people

• 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.
• 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.

External links

• Official site of the municipality (in Dutch)
• Basic data (in Dutch)
• Leiderdorp detailed map
• Satellite view