Lansingerland
Lansingerland is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. 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.
Lansingerland | |
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Coordinates: 51°59′N 4°30′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | South Holland |
Established | 1 January 2007[1] |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Pieter van de Stadt (VVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 56.39 km2 (21.77 sq mi) |
• Land | 53.42 km2 (20.63 sq mi) |
• Water | 2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | −5 m (−16 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 63,363 |
• Density | 1,186/km2 (3,070/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 2650–2665 |
Area code | 010 |
Website | www |
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:
- Bergschenhoek
- Berkel en Rodenrijs
- Bleiswijk
- Tempel (deserted)
- De Rotte
- Kruisweg
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Lansingerland, June 2015
Politics
On 18 September 2007 Ewald van Vliet was installed as the first mayor of Lansingerland.
Mayors | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Mayor | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Pieter van de Stadt | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Coos Rijsdijk | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Ewald van Vliet |
The municipal council of Lansingerland consisted of 31 seats now 33. The council was renewed in 2022 and sits for four-year cycles in accordance with Dutch municipal election laws.
Council seats | |||||||||||||||
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Party | 2010 | 2014 | 2018[6] | 2022[7] | |||||||||||
PvdA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
CDA | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
VVD | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||
GroenLinks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Livable 3B | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||
Party for Protection of Huis der Haas | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
D66 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
ChristianUnion | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
WIJ Lansingerland | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
Neeleman Party | - | 1 | 0 | - | |||||||||||
Total | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
Notable people
- Maria van Utrecht (ca.1551 in Rodenrijs - 1629) a notable figure in the Dutch Revolt
- Piet Rietveld (1952 in Berkel en Rodenrijs – 2013) a Dutch economist and Professor in Transport Economics
- Wilco Zeelenberg (born 1966 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Joost Luiten (born 1986 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour
References
- "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2007" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2007]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- "Samenstelling B&W" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Lansingerland. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- "Postcodetool for 2662SB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Publicised definite results". 10 May 2022.
- "Definitieve uitslag gemeenteraadsverkiezing 2022 in Lansingerland". Gemeente Lansingerland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-23.