Pijnacker () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the Dutch 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 is bordered by

Zoetermeer Zoetermeer () is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2023 this had grown to 126.998 ...

to the north, by Nootdorp to the northwest, by Delfgauw to the southwest, by

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

(specifically

Overschie Overschie () is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands, formerly a separate village with its own municipality. The village of Overschie was located on the intersection of four rivers called "Schie": the Delftsche Schie, Schiedamsche Schie, Delfs ...

) to the south and by

Berkel en Rodenrijs image:Berkel bord.jpg, 270px, Town sign Berkel en Rodenrijs () is a town and former municipality in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Lansingerland, in the province of South Holland, The Netherlands. The town is very close to ...

to the east. Pijnacker was a separate municipality until 2002, when it merged with Nootdorp to form

Pijnacker-Nootdorp Pijnacker-Nootdorp () is a municipality in the Randstad conurbation in the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp comprises three settlements: ...

, which is a part of Greater The Hague. However, Pijnacker does not border The Hague (Nootdorp does), and it does border

especially since Nootdorp and Pijnacker, while technically contiguous, have about 2 km of nature between them. While it may then seem strange that the two towns would want to merge, they did so preemptively to avoid potential annexing by the cities. Pijnacker 20050928 40341

Pijnacker has two stops on the Randstadrail E-lijn between

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

and

: Pijnacker Centrum and Pijnacker-Zuid. In and around Pijnacker there are big and attractive nature areas, of which one is the Ackerdijkse Plassen, one of the most important bird areas in the Netherlands.

Boroughs

* Centrum (Centre) * Koningshof * Noord (North) * Klapwijk * Tolhek * Keijzershof * Ackerswoude (partly build, not completed yet) * Tuindershof (Hasn't been built yet)

Significant structures

One of the dominant buildings in Pijnacker is H. Joannes de Dooper Catholic church on the main street of town, the Oostlaan. It is registered landmark, number 525173. Though once it was a parish with a full-time priest, the Church of Saint John the Baptist (Pijnacker) is now joined with the Church of Saint Bartholomew (Nootdorp) to form one parish within the "Parish Federation of Oostland" within the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam The Diocese of Rotterdam () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in South Holland province of the Netherlands. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht. Since 2011, the bishop has b ...

Overzicht zuidgevel - Pijnacker - 20390045 - RCE

Notable residents

* Mabel Wisse Smit *

Demi Vollering Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering (; born 15 November 1996) is a Dutch professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez. Considered one of the greatest riders of her generation, sh ...

* Kurt Wubben

References

External links

Daily News from pijnacker
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2002 Populated places in South Holland Former municipalities of South Holland Pijnacker-Nootdorp {{SouthHolland-geo-stub

Boroughs

Significant structures

Notable residents

See also

References

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