Lansingerland is a municipality in the western

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, in the province of

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

. 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 ...

, Bleiswijk 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 Water Boards, 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: *

* Bleiswijk * 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

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...

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

Notable people

Maria van Utrecht Maria van Utrecht (c.1551, possibly in Rodenrijs - 19 March 1629, Amersfoort) was a notable figure in the Dutch Revolt and the history of the Netherlands. Life Born as the illegitimate daughter of Magdalene Jansdr van Utrecht, Maria grew up in ...

(ca.1551 in Rodenrijs - 1629) a notable figure in the Dutch Revolt *

Piet Rietveld Pieter (Piet) Rietveld (15 December 1952 – 1 November 2013) was a Dutch economist and Professor in Transport Economics at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and a fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. He was among the top researchers in economi ...

(1952 in Berkel en Rodenrijs – 2013) a Dutch economist and Professor in

Transport Economics Transport economics is a branch of economics founded in 1959 by American economist John R. Meyer that deals with the allocation of resources within the transport sector. It has strong links to civil engineering. Transport economics differs fro ...

Wilco Zeelenberg Wilco Zeelenberg (born 19 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current race team manager with the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team. Born in Bleiswijk, he began racing motorcycles in motocross com ...

(born 1966 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer * Joost Luiten (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