Rijnwoude

Rijnwoude
Former municipality
Church in Rijnwoude Church in Rijnwoude
Location in South Holland Location in South Holland
Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Alphen aan den Rijn
Established	1 January 1991
Dissolved	1 January 2014
Area
• Total	57.89 km2 (22.35 sq mi)
• Land	56.69 km2 (21.89 sq mi)
• Water	1.20 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Elevation	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population (November 2013)
• Total	18,523
• Density	327/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	2390–2396, 2730–2731
Area code	0172, 071, 079

File:RietveldseMolen.jpg

Windmill Rietveldse Molen, near Hazerswoude-Dorp

Rijnwoude (population: 18,523 in 2013) was a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of 57.89 km² (22.35 sq mi) of which 1.20 km² (0.46 sq mi) was water.

Rijnwoude was formed in 1991 as Rijneveld through the merger of the former municipalities of Benthuizen, Hazerswoude, and Koudekerk aan den Rijn. In 1993 the municipality was renamed to Rijnwoude. In 2014 the municipality was dissolved and its land area was amalgamated into Alphen aan den Rijn.

The municipality of Rijnwoude consisted of the communities Benthorn, Benthuizen, Hazerswoude-Dorp, Groenendijk, Hazerswoude-Rijndijk (location of town hall), Hogeveen, and Koudekerk aan den Rijn.