Rijswijk

Rijswijk is a city and municipality within the Western Netherlands, within the province of South Holland. Its population changed into 51,742 in 2017, and it has a place of 14.Forty nine km2, 0.44 km2 of which is water. The municipality additionally includes the villages 't Haantje and Sion. Archeological excavations imply that this location of the coastal dunes became already inhabited a few 5500 years in the past. The formation of the village Rijswijk passed off in the 13th century, and its history was dominated through presence of mansions and estates of the the Aristocracy and affluent. Until 1900 Rijswijk remained a relative small community but it became urbanized in the course of the 20 th century when it elevated swiftly.

Today, Rijswijk's place has almost been absolutely constructed-up. The closing essential development is the brand new Ypenburg neighbourhood, constructed on the lands of the former Ypenburg Airfield but this part of Rijswijk turned into annexed through The Hague in 2002. Rijswijk is part of the Haaglanden conurbation. During the years its built-up location has grown to the factor where it has efficiently merged with The Hague, even though it continues to be a separate municipality.