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Rijswijk
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Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was 59,642 in 2024, and it has an area of , of which is water.
Rijswijk is a town and municipality in South Holland, a province in the western Netherlands, with a population of nearly 60,000 people as of 2024. The town was historically known in English as Ryswick and is situated in a region that includes some water-covered areas within its total land area.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rijswijk
- Settlement.official_name
- Gemeente Rijswijk
- Settlement.other_name
- Ryswick
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jaagpad rijswijk zh.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Towpath (Jaagpad)
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jaagpad street in Rijswijk
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Rijswijk.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.flag_alt
- Flag of Ryswick
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Rijswijk (South Holland).svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0603 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Rijswijk 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Rijswijk
- Demonym
- Rijswijker
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- South Holland
- Population
- 55220
- Area
- 14.48
- Elevation
- 0
- Shares border with
- Westland
- Official website
- www.rijswijk.nl
- Image
- Netherlands, Rijswijk (S.-Holland), Herenstraat (05).jpg
- Households
- 23894
- Dialing code
- 070
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- contains settlement
- Sion
- twinned administrative body
- Beroun
- Commons category
- Rijswijk, South Holland
- postal code
- 2280–2289
- topic's main category
- Category:Rijswijk
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rijswijk, South Holland
- Commons gallery
- Rijswijk (South Holland)
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rijswijk
- water as percent of area
- 2.96
- inception
- 1812-01-01
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +31-703261000
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- contact page URL
- www.rijswijk.nl/contact
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- History
- Public transport
- Economy
- Recreation
- Notable people
- Public service
- Arts and learning
- Sport
- References
- External links
Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was 59,642 in 2024, and it has an area of , of which is water.
The municipality also includes the former hamlets of 't Haantje and Sion, currently also known as Rijswijk Buiten.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rijswijk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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