Lansingerland is a municipality in the western
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, in the province of
South Holland
South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...
. It was formed on 1 January 2007, by the merger of the municipalities of
Berkel en Rodenrijs,
Bleiswijk and
Bergschenhoek, collectively known as the "B-Triangle". The former municipality of
Tempel, abolished in 1855, is also part of Lansingerland.
The name was chosen from a competition and derived from the name Lansingh, the
height-of-land between the Delfland and Schieland
Water Boards, which runs between the "3B-Triangle" villages. The choice of name is symbolic: the name of the border that formerly divided the area, now unites it. The "h" in Lansingh was dropped to ease spelling.
Lansingerland consists of the following communities:
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Bergschenhoek
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Berkel en Rodenrijs
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Bleiswijk
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Tempel (deserted)
*De Rotte
*Kruisweg
Politics
On 18 September 2007 Ewald van Vliet was installed as the first mayor of Lansingerland.
The municipal council of Lansingerland consisted of 31 seats now 33. The council was renewed in
2022
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and sits for four-year cycles in accordance with Dutch municipal election laws.
Notable people
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Maria van Utrecht (ca.1551 in Rodenrijs - 1629) a notable figure in the
Dutch Revolt
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (; 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, exc ...
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Piet Rietveld (1952 in Berkel en Rodenrijs – 2013) a Dutch economist and Professor in
Transport Economics
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Wilco Zeelenberg (born 1966 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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Joost Luiten (born 1986 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour
References
External links
Official website
Municipalities of South Holland
Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2007
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