Nieuwkoop

265px|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Nieuwkoop, June 2015

Key facts

Settlement.name: Nieuwkoop
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Nieuwkoopseplassen-20040311.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Nieuwkoopse plassen
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Nieuwkoop.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Nieuwkoop_wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0569 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Nieuwkoop in a municipal map of South Holland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South Holland
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: CDA
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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265px|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Nieuwkoop, June 2015

Nieuwkoop () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar. The municipality now covers an area of of which is water. Its population was in .

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