Leiden (nld)

Leiden

Leiden ranks 287th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ankara, Kazan, and Norway. Memorable people born in Leiden include Rembrandt, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, and Jan Steen. Memorable people who died in Leiden include Frederik Kaiser, Hermann Schlegel, and Johannes Cocceius. Leiden has been the birth place of many painters, and athletes and the death place of many mathematicians, and biologists. Leiden is located in Netherlands.

Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some 20 km (12 mi) from The Hague to its south and some 40 km (25 mi) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden. Read more on Wikipedia