Berkel en Rodenrijs

Berkel en Rodenrijs is a town and former municipality within the western part of the Netherlands, and is placed in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland. Berkel en Rodenrijs changed into based in 963. Its man or woman changed throughout the centuries. Prior to its development, the land consisted of peat soil, which was cultivated for the production of turf. This cultivation ended in the arrival of moors. During the 18th century the moors had been drained and agricultural use of polder land commenced.

The years that observed led to sizable changes to the city due to residential and commercial building trends. In 1850 the metropolis had a populace depend of one,250, which through 1950 had improved to 5,seven-hundred. The municipality of Tempel was abolished in 1855 and delivered to Berkel en Rodenrijs. On 1 January 2007, the city became merged with neighbouring towns Bergschenhoek and Bleiswijk to form the brand new municipality of Lansingerland. On January 2008, the previous municipality had a populace of twenty-two,626, and blanketed an area of 18.91 km² of which zero.29 km² is water.