Stompwijk
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°5′40″N 4°28′11″E / 52.09444°N 4.46972°E / 52.09444; 4.46972
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Leidschendam-Voorburg
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 [link]

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

References [link]

1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]

External links [link]

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Stompwijk". Map of the former municipality in 1868.
• Coat of arms of Stompwijk

Coordinates: 52°06′N 4°28′E / 52.1°N 4.467°E / 52.1; 4.467

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