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Waarder

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Waarder is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 5 km southwest of Woerden.

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Locality
Waarder
Region
Zuid-Holland
Country
Nederland
Population
1,330
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Waarder is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 5 km southwest of Woerden.

The village was first mentioned in 1108 as Werdere and means "(river) island". Waarder developed as a road on a silted river arm in the 12th century. The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled cruciform church from the 16th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waarder” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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