Valkenburg, South Holland

Place in South Holland, Netherlands

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

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52°10′45″N 4°26′12″E / 52.1792°N 4.4368°E / 52.1792; 4.4368CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityKatwijkArea

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• Total5.76 km² (2.22 sq mi)Elevation

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0.6 m (2.0 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total6,275 • Density1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

2235^[1]

Dialing code071

Valkenburg ([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.^[3]

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.^[4] 2010 marked its 1066th year of operation.

The former Valkenburg Naval Air Base, which was situated here since 1936, was closed in 2006.

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 2235AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ CBS, 2006
^ http://www.demart.nl/page6.aspx Op 8 september 2010 viert Valkenburg de 1066e editie van Neerlands Oudste Paardenmarkt