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Badhoevedorp is a town in the

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Haarlemmermeer Haarlemmermeer () is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means ' Haarlem's lake', referring to the body of wa ...

in the

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of North Holland,

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. It lies next to the

Ringvaart The Ringvaart (known in full as Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer Polder) is a canal in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. The Ringvaart ( Dutch meaning "ring canal") is a true circular canal surrounding the Haarlemmermeer polder ...

around Haarlemmermeer, the canal around the former Lake Haarlem, at the side of the polder bordering

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and

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. Badhoevedorp has a population of around 11,370.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Haarlemmermeer''
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, Tonny Eyk and

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. The Rijksweg 9 passes next to the town, from 8 August 1967 to 10 April 2017, the motorway passed through the town, however it was diverted, with the original section being closed and demolished to make place for new development in the area.

Notable people from Badhoevedorp

* Jan Buis (1933), Dutch road cyclist * Rick van der Linden (1946),

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composer and

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, member of Ekseption, Trace, as well as solo *

George Boeree Cornelis George Boeree (January 15, 1952 – January 5, 2021) was an American psychologist and professor emeritus at Shippensburg University, specializing in personality theory and the history of psychology. Life Boeree was born in Badhoevedor ...

(1952), psychologist and creator of Lingua Franca Nova * Sven Botman (2000), footballer for Premier League Club

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Economy

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's Benelux division has its headquarters in Badhoevedorp.

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's Benelux and European divisions also had their headquarters in Badhoevedorp until its European division was split between two new headquarters in

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( Sony Center

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) and

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in the early-2000s, while its Benelux division moved its headquarters to

Hoofddorp Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the Haarlemmermeer municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained. Hi ...

in 2016. The former Sony Badhoevedorp building was converted into a hotel in 2019.

Sports

The town has an amateur sports club called SC Badhoevedorp that houses

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and softball division's.

References

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