Leiden (nld)

Leiden

Leiden ranks 264th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dayton, Ohio, Sendai, and Austria-Hungary. Memorable people born in Leiden include Rembrandt, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, and Jan Steen. Memorable people who died in Leiden include Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Willem Einthoven, and Jan Steen. Leiden has been the birth place of many painters and politicians 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 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 206,647 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 270,879, and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 348,868 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