Valkenburg, South Holland
Valkenburg | |
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Village | |
Valkenburg from the Oude Rijn | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′45″N 4°26′12″E / 52.1792°N 4.4368°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Katwijk |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0.6 m (2.0 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 6,275 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2235 |
| Dialing code | 071 |
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Valkenburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɑlkə(m)bʏr(ə)x] ⓘ) is a village and former municipality in the province of South Holland, in the western Netherlands. Valkenburg is now part of the municipality Katwijk and had a population of 3,900 in 2006.
On 1 January 2006, Valkenburg and Rijnsburg were merged into the municipality of Katwijk. The former municipality of Valkenburg had about 3878 inhabitants (1 June 2005) and a surface area of 15.74 km2 (6.08 sq mi) of which 0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi) is water.
On the second Wednesday in September there is a horse market, the oldest in the Netherlands. 2010 marked its 1066th year of operation.
The former Valkenburg Naval Air Base, which was situated here since 1936, was closed in 2006.