Hei- en Boeicop

Coordinates: 51°57′N 5°5′E / 51.950°N 5.083°E / 51.950; 5.083

Hei- en Boeicop

The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Hei- en Boeicop in the municipality of Zederik.
Country Netherlands
Province South Holland
Municipality Zederik
Population ca. 980

Hei- en Boeicop is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland. Part of the municipality of Zederik, it lies about 9 km south of IJsselstein. The statistical area "Hei- en Boeicop", which includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 940.[1]

The village consists of a long row of houses on two sides of a small canal that separates the Polder Boeicop to the north from the Polder Heicop to the south.

Hei- en Boeicop was an independent municipality between 1817 and 1986, when it became part of Zederik.[2]

References

  1. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of 1 January 2005.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.


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