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Alphen aan den Rijn

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About Alphen aan den Rijn

Alphen aan den Rijn is a town and municipality inside the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, among Leiden and Utrecht. The metropolis is located on the banks of the river Oude Rijn, in which the river Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of 109,449 in 2017, and covers a place of 132.Forty nine km2 of which 5.Ninety one km2 is water. The municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn additionally includes the groups of Aarlanderveen, Zwammerdam, and Boskoop. The metropolis is positioned in what is referred to as the 'Green Heart' of the Netherlands, that's a incredibly less densely populated centre area of the Randstad.

The name "Alphen" might be derived from the call of the Roman castle Albaniana, which means "agreement on the white water". Its remains still lie below the metropolis centre. The vicinity round Alphen aan den Rijn has been inhabited for 2000 years. In the Roman generation, the Oude Rijn became the primary department of the Rhine River and formed the north border of the Roman Empire. Since the guideline of Emperor Claudius, divisions of the Roman army had been stationed right here.

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