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Nieuwkoop
Nieuwkoop is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar. The municipality now covers an area of of which is water. Its population was in .
On May 3rd, 2008, the Dutch newspaper het Algemeen Dagblad published an article which stated that Nieuwkoop is the safest municipality of the Netherlands.
The municipality of Nieuwkoop includes the following communities:
- Aardam
- Korteraar
- Langeraar
- Nieuwkoop
- Nieuwveen
- Noordeinde
- Noorden
- Noordsedorp
- Papenveer
- Ter Aar
- Vrouwenakker
- Woerdense Verlaat
- Zevenhoven