Warmond
Village in South Holland, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Warmond (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɑrmɔnt] ⓘ) is a village and former municipality in the Western Netherlands, north of Leiden in the province of South Holland. The municipality covered an area of 14.42 km² (5.57 mile², 30.7%) of which 4.42 km² (1.71 mile²) is water; had a population of 4,977 in 2004. Together with Sassenheim and Voorhout, it became part of the Teylingen municipality on 1 January 2006. Warmond, which is located in an area called the "Dune and Bulb Region" (Duin- en Bollenstreek), is notable for being very affluent.
Warmond | |
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Coordinates: 52°11′50″N 4°30′6″E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | South Holland |
Municipality | Teylingen |
Population (1 January 2021) | 5,020 |
Warmond is situated on a lake system called Kagerplassen and has several marinas which make it a popular recreational area for boating and other water sports.
An 18th-century mansion called "Huys te Warmond [nl]" ("House at Warmond") is located north of the village along the main road.
The Major Seminary, Warmond, was founded here in 1799. Located in a converted in the former French Boarding School, it provided training for Priests until 1967.[1] The only known surviving copy of Joos Lambrecht Dutch-French dictionary, the Naembouck, was discovered by Wytze Hellinga in the library here shortly after it was closed.[2]
The first railway accident in the Netherlands occurred near Warmond on 10 March 1843. 1 person was killed.[3]