- Zwammerdam
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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Zwammerdam in the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn.Zwammerdam (coord|52|6|N|4|44|E|type:city(1709)) is a town in the Dutch province of
South Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofAlphen aan den Rijn , and lies about 6 km southeast of Alphen aan de Rijn.In 2001, the town of Zwammerdam had 1709 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 62 km², and contained 484 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Zwammerdam", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1810.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Alphen aan den Rijn" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/a/default.htm] .]
Zwammerdam was a separate municipality until 1964, when it was divided between Alphen aan den Rijn and
Bodegraven . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/zwammerdam.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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