Zederik () is a former municipality in the western

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, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which is water. It had a population of in . The municipality of Zederik was formed on January 1, 1986, through the merger of the former municipalities of Ameide,

Hei- en Boeicop Hei- en Boeicop is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. Part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, it lies about 9 km south of IJsselstein. The village consists of a long row of houses on two sides of a small canal that separates ...

, Leerbroek,

Lexmond Lexmond is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 7 km south of IJsselstein. Lexmond was a separate municipality in the province of South Holland until 1986, when it b ...

Meerkerk Meerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 9 km north of Gorinchem. In 2001, the village of Meerkerk had 2281 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was ...

, Nieuwland, and

Tienhoven aan de Lek Tienhoven is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 10 km southwest of IJsselstein. Tienhoven was a separate municipality in the province of South Holland between 181 ...

. Zederik merged with

Leerdam Leerdam () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. The municipality was merged with the municipalities of Vianen and Zederik on 1 January 2019. The name of the new municipality is Vijfheerenlan ...

and

Vianen Vianen () is a city and a former municipality in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located south of the Lek River. Before 2002 it was part of the province of South Holland. Vianen is made up of a historic town centre tha ...

into the municipality of

Vijfheerenlanden Vijfheerenlanden (), literally "lands of five Lords", is a municipality in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. The municipality was created on 1 January 2019 through the merger of the former municipalities of Vianen (Utrecht), Leerdam an ...

in the province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

on January 1, 2019. The municipality was named after the Old Zederik, a small canal running through its area. The population centres of Zederik consisted of Ameide, Hei- en Boeicop, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Meerkerk, Nieuwland, and Tienhoven aan de Lek.

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Zederik, Sept. 2014.''

Notable people

* Maarten Schakel Sr. (1917–1997) politician *

Teun Kloek Teunis (Teun) Kloek (born 1934) is a Dutch economist and Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. His research interests centered on econometric methods and their applications, especially nonparametric and robust ...

(born 1934) economist and Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam * Govert Schilling (born 1956) popular-science writer and amateur astronomer * Rita de Jong (born 1965) rower, she competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Robin Chaigneau Robin Chaigneau (born 2 September 1988 in Meerkerk) is a Dutch former cyclist. Major results ;2005 :2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ;2006 :1st Junior National Road Race Championships ;2008 :1st World University Road Race Championships :1 ...

(born 1988) former cyclist

References

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Lopik Lopik () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, close to the Lek river. History Lopik lies within the Lopikerwaard region, which used to be occupied by swamps and forests until the area was cultivated in th ...

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Giessenlanden Giessenlanden () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of of which is water, and had a population of as of . The municipality included communities of Arkel, Giess ...

, West = , Northwest = Molenwaard Vijfheerenlanden Alblasserwaard Former municipalities of South Holland 1986 establishments in the Netherlands States and territories established in 1986 Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019