About the town » Waddinxveen, Gemeente Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands


Waddinxveen is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of 26,304 in 2004, 25.328 on New Year's Eve of 2010. and covers an area of 29.39 km² (of which 1.52 km² is water). In Waddinxveen, there's the so-called 'Vergeten Plek' (Dutch for 'Forgotten Place'). This is the lowest place in the Dutch polders. It's 7.01 meters below Amsterdam Ordnance Datum Partner city of Waddinxveen is Pelhřimov in the Czech Republic.

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Waddinxveen
Gemeente Waddinxveen
Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Vlag van Netherlands


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This place belongs to the working area of the Streekarchief Midden-Holland