Rijnwoude

thumb|left|170px|Windmill Rietveldse Molen, near Hazerswoude-Dorp Rijnwoude () was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which was water.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Rijnwoude
Settlement.settlement_type: Former municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Rijnwoude 014.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church in Hazerswoude-Dorp
Settlement.image_flag: Rijnwoude vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Rijneveld-Rijnwoude wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 1672 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of the former municipality of Rijnwoude 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.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Alphen aan den Rijn
Settlement.established_title: Established

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Located in: South Holland
Capital: Hazerswoude-Rijndijk
Population: 18465
Area: 57.89
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Shares border with: Lansingerland
Image: Rijnwoude 014.jpg
Dialing code: 071

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Commons category: Rijnwoude
twinned administrative body: Waldkappel
replaced by: Alphen aan den Rijn

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Rijnwoude was formed in 1991 as Rijneveld through the merger of the former municipalities of Benthuizen, Hazerswoude and Koudekerk aan den Rijn. In 1993 the municipality was renamed to Rijnwoude. In 2014 the municipality was dissolved and its land area was amalgamated into Alphen aan den Rijn.

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