Wikipedia / Lansingerland
Wikipedia / Lansingerland
Lansingerland () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was formed on 1 January 2007, by the merger of the municipalities of Berkel en Rodenrijs, Bleiswijk and Bergschenhoek, collectively known as the "B-Triangle". The former municipality of Tempel, abolished in 1855, is also part of Lansingerland.
The name was chosen from a competition and derived from the name Lansingh, the height-of-land between the Delfland and Schieland Water Boards, which runs between the "3B-Triangle" villages. The choice of name is symbolic: the name of the border that formerly divided the area, now unites it. The "h" in Lansingh was dropped to ease spelling.
Lansingerland consists of the following communities:
Tempel (deserted)
De Rotte
Kruisweg
Politics
On 18 September 2007 Ewald van Vliet was installed as the first mayor of Lansingerland.
Year | Mayor |
2025 | Rik van der Linden |
2025 | Jules Bijl |
2015 | Pieter van de Stadt |
2014 | Coos Rijsdijk |
2007 | Ewald van Vliet |
Mayors
The municipal council of Lansingerland consisted of 31 seats now 33. The council was renewed in 2022 and sits for four-year cycles in accordance with Dutch municipal election laws.
Party | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |
Party for Protection of Huis der Haas | 1 | - | - | - |
2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
WIJ Lansingerland | - | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Neeleman Party | - | 1 | 0 | - |
Total | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
Council seats
Notable people
Maria van Utrecht (ca.1551 in Rodenrijs - 1629) a notable figure in the Dutch Revolt
Piet Rietveld (1952 in Berkel en Rodenrijs – 2013) a Dutch economist and Professor in Transport Economics
Wilco Zeelenberg (born 1966 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Joost Luiten (born 1986 in Bleiswijk) a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour
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