Stompwijk

Stompwijk
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°5′40″N 4°28′11″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Leidschendam-Voorburg
Area
• Total	12.21 km^2 (4.71 sq mi)
Population	ca. 2,400

The centre of the village

Subsided houses along the dike at Stompwijk

Stompwijk is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located between the cities Leiden and Zoetermeer and is part of the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg.

Stompwijk was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1938, when it merged with Veur to create the new municipality of Leidschendam.[1]

People born in Stompwijk

• Edwin Vurens (1968), football player
• Cees Juffermans (1982), marathon speed skater

References

1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

External links

• Coat of arms of Stompwijk

52°06′N 4°28′E