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Village in South Holland, Netherlands

Driebruggen
Village
Bridge over the Dubbele Wiericke in Driebruggen
DriebruggenLocation in the province of South Holland in the NetherlandsShow map of South HollandDriebruggenLocation in the NetherlandsShow map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°2′36″N 4°47′55″E / 52.04333°N 4.79861°E / 52.04333; 4.79861
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
Area[1]
• Total	6.38 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Elevation[2]	−1.7 m (−5.6 ft)
Population (2021)[1]
• Total	2,005
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3465[1]
Dialing code	0348

Driebruggen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 6 km east of Gouda.

According to the 1615 map of Rijnland, there were indeed three bridge in Driebruggen.[3] Driebruggen is a road village without a church which developed in the 17th century near the bridge over the Dubbele Wiericke.[4]

Driebruggen was a separate municipality between 1964 and 1989. The name from this village means 3 bridges. It was created in a merger of Hekendorp, Lange Ruige Weide, Papekop, and Waarder.[5]

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  Former town hall
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  Villa in Driebruggen
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  View on the canal

1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
2. ^ "Postcodetool for 3465HA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
3. ^ "Driebruggen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
4. ^ Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2004). "Driebruggen" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90-400-9034-3. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
5. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-12-03.