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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
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- Jaagpad rijswijk zh.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Towpath (Jaagpad)
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jaagpad street in Rijswijk
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- 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
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- 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
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- Location in South Holland
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
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- Province
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Rijswijk
- Demonym
- Rijswijker
- Population
- 55220
- Area
- 14.48
- Elevation
- 0
- Official website
- www.rijswijk.nl
- Image
- Netherlands, Rijswijk (S.-Holland), Herenstraat (05).jpg
- Households
- 23894
- Dialing code
- 070
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- Commons category
- Rijswijk, South Holland
- postal code
- 2280–2289
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- Rijswijk (South Holland)
- water as percent of area
- 2.96
- inception
- 1812-01-01
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +31-703261000
- contact page URL
- www.rijswijk.nl/contact
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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.
The municipality also includes the former hamlets of 't Haantje and Sion, currently also known as Rijswijk Buiten.
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