Leiderdorp

Leiderdorp (Dutch pronunciation: [lɛi̯dərˈdɔrp]) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near the city of Leiden. It had a population of 26,786 in 2014.

The municipality covers an area of 12.28 km² (4.74 sq mi) of which 0.73 km² (0.28 sq mi) is water. Leiderdorp has now become a suburb of the city of Leiden, although the Oude Rijn (Old Rhine) river and the Zijl river separate the two. The HSL-Zuid high-speed rail line between Amsterdam and Brussels crosses Leiderdorp in a tunnel.

It is one of the oldest towns in Zuid Holland province and was a base for the Spanish army in the Eighty Years' War.

Leiderdorp is twinned with Šamorín, in Slovakia.

Notable residents

• Armin van Buuren, born December 25, 1976, lived in Leiderdorp, trance music producer and DJ.
• Carice van Houten, born September 5, 1976, lived in Leiderdorp, stage and film actress.
• Dennis Leeflang, born May 22, 1979, born in Leiderdorp, lived in Leiderdorp, drummer and music producer.
• Daphne Groeneveld, born December 24, 1994, born in Leiderdorp, model.
• Regina Bruins, born October 7, 1986, lives in Leiderdorp, professional cyclist.
• Thomas Azier, born 14 August 1987, born in Leiderdorp, electro-pop singer and musician.

Gallery

• Netherlands, Leiderdorp, map of 1867.png

  Leiderdorp, map of 1867.

• Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Leiderdorp, Oude Rijn (2).JPG

  Town centre on the Old Rhine.

• Leiderdorp - Hoofdstraat 31.jpg

  Listed farm in spring

• Gem-Leiderdorp-OpenTopo.jpg

  Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Leiderdorp, June 2015

External links

• Official website (Dutch)