- Jacobswoude
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jacobswoude
flag_size = 120x100px
image_shield = WapenJacobswoude.svg
shield_size = 120x100px
mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 =South Holland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 41.37
area_land_km2 = 36.50
area_water_km2 = 4.87
population_as_of =1 January ,2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 10685
population_density_km2 = 293
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52.20
latNS = N
longd = 4.65
longEW = E
website = [http://www.jacobswoude-zh.nl/ www.jacobswoude-zh.nl/], all located around the above mentioned lakes.
Jacobswoude is located in the center of the "Groene Hart" (Green Heart), the slightly less densely populated center area of the
Randstad . Inhabitants of Jacobswoude depend onAlphen aan den Rijn ,Leiden andAmsterdam for facilities not offered in the smaller villages. Most of its inhabitants commute daily to one of the larger cities in the region for work.Jacobswoude was administratively created on 1 January, 1991, by merging the municipalities of Leimuiden, Rijnsaterwoude and Woubrugge. There are plans for another merge in 2009 or 2010 with the municipality of
Alkemade .The municipality was named after the lost village of Jacobswoude that was located within the current municipal boundaries. The first mention of this village is from 823, when it is thought that Lord Jacob van den Woude was granted the area as a
fiefdom fromLouis the Pious . Thepeat surrounding the village was excavated, making Jacobswoude an island by the middle of the 18th century. This caused the village to deteriorate and its population moved to Woubrugge. Only a monument on the site of the original village remains.Wireless Jacobswoude is awireless community network under construction, starting in Woubrugge, connected toWireless Leiden .External links
* [http://www.jacobswoude-zh.nl Official Website]
*http://www.plattegronden.nl/jacobswoude/
*http://www.wirelessjacobswoude.nl/
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