Editing Nieuwkoop (section)

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Nieuwkoop
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Nieuwkoopseplassen-20040311.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Nieuwkoopse plassen
| image_flag              = Flag of Nieuwkoop.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Nieuwkoop_wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0569 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Nieuwkoop in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption             = Location in South Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|11|N|4|46|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ondernemers/college-van-bw_41095/
 |title       = College van B&W
 |trans-title = Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Nieuwkoop
 |access-date  = 16 August 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131031051443/http://www.nieuwkoop.nl/ondernemers/college-van-bw_41095/
 |archive-date = 31 October 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = [[Robbert-Jan van Duijn]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Nieuwkoop}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Nieuwkoop}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Nieuwkoop}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2441LE
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 16 August 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = &minus;5
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Nieuwkoop}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Nieuwkoop}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 2420–2441, 2460–2461, 3651–3653
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0172, 0297
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.nieuwkoop.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[Image:Gem-Nieuwkoop-OpenTopo.jpg|265px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Nieuwkoop, June 2015'']]

'''Nieuwkoop''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈniukoːp|-|Nl-Nieuwkoop.ogg}}) is a town and municipality in the western [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]]. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of [[Liemeer]] and [[Ter Aar]]. The municipality now covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Nieuwkoop}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Nieuwkoop}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. Its population was {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Nieuwkoop}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

On May 3, 2008, the Dutch newspaper ''[[Algemeen Dagblad]]'' published an article which stated that Nieuwkoop is the safest municipality of the Netherlands. 

The municipality of Nieuwkoop includes the following communities:
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Aardam]]
* Korteraar
* [[Langeraar]]
* Nieuwkoop
* [[Nieuwveen]]
* [[Noordeinde, Nieuwkoop|Noordeinde]]
* [[Noorden]]
* Noordsedorp
* [[Papenveer]]
* [[Ter Aar]]
* [[Vrouwenakker]]
* [[Woerdense Verlaat]]
* [[Zevenhoven]]
}}