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Roelofarendsveen
Sign in to saveRoelofarendsveen () is a town in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, about 10 km east of Leiden.
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Place details
- Locality
- Roelofarendsveen
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,710
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Roelofarendsveen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Image:Roelofsarendsveen, de watertoren in straatzicht IMG 0045 2021-08-03 14.49.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Water tower
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kaag en Braassem
- Settlement.elevation_m
- -0.9
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.76
- Settlement.population_total
- 10,070
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Kaag en Braassem
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.buurt-online.nl/alkemade/roelofarendsveen
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- Commons category
- Roelofarendsveen
- postal code
- 2371
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/roelofarendsveen
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Gallery
- Notable people
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Roelofarendsveen () is a town in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, about 10 km east of Leiden.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1575 as "Roelifaerts Veen", and means "bog of Roelof Aertszoon" who was probably the peat concession holder. Roelofarendsveen is a road village which developed along the bank of the . Later it developed into a horticulture centre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roelofarendsveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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