Lansingerland is a municipality in the western

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, in the province of South Holland. It was formed on 1 January 2007, by the merger of the municipalities of

Berkel en Rodenrijs 270px, Town sign Berkel en Rodenrijs () is a town and former municipality in the municipality of Lansingerland, in the province of South Holland, The Netherlands. The town is very close to ROTTERDAM History Berkel en Rodenrijs was founded in t ...

Bleiswijk Bleiswijk () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Demographics The municipality had a population of 10,222 in 2006, and covered an area of 21.96 km² (8.48 mile²) of which 0.83&nb ...

and

Bergschenhoek 270px, Town sign Bergschenhoek () is a town and former municipality in the municipality of Lansingerland, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is situated roughly 10 km to the north of Rotterdam. The town had a population of 18, ...

, collectively known as the "B-Triangle". The former municipality of Tempel, abolished in 1855, is also part of Lansingerland. The name was chosen from a competition and derived from the name Lansingh, the height-of-land between the Delfland and Schieland

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, 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: *

* 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. The municipal council of Lansingerland consisted of 31 seats now 33. The council was renewed in

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and sits for four-year cycles in accordance with Dutch municipal election laws.

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 Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten (born 7 January 1986) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Early life and amateur career Luiten was born in Bleiswijk and started playing golf at 6 years old at Golf Centrum ...

(born 1986 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of South Holland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2007 {{SouthHolland-geo-stub