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Zoetermeer

city and municipality in the Netherlands
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Summary

Zoetermeer is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Zoetermeer ranks in the top 7% of municipality of the netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (780 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Holland[3]
  • Country: Netherlands[4]
  • Head of government: Michel Bezuijen[5]
  • Instance of: city[6], cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[7]
  • Shares border with: The Hague[8], Leidschendam-Voorburg[9], Zoeterwoude[10], Lansingerland[11], Pijnacker-Nootdorp[12], Alphen aan den Rijn[13]
  • Flag: flag of Zoetermeer[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Jinotega[15], Nitra[16]
  • Executive body: college van burgemeester en wethouders of Zoetermeer[17]
  • Coat of arms: Wapen van Zoetermeer[18]
  • Postal code: 2701–2729[19]
  • Commons category: Zoetermeer[20]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[21]
  • Local dialing code: 079[22]
  • Archives at: Stadsarchief Zoetermeer[23]
  • Official website: https://www.zoetermeer.nl/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zoetermeer[25]
  • Email address: mailto:Antwoord@zoetermeer.nl[26]
  • Population: 124,151[27], 124,994[28], 124,763[29], 124,695[30], 124,944[31], 841[32], 875[33], 974[34], 1003[35], 1067[36], 1011[37], 1165[38], 1213[39], 1403[40]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Zoetermeer[41]
  • Contains settlement: Roeleveen[42], Stadscentrum (Zoetermeer)[43], Driemanspolder[44], Dorp[45], Meerzicht[46], Buytenwegh De Leyens[47]

Why It Matters

Zoetermeer has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Zoetermeer is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

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References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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