Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (Dutch pronunciation:[ˌboːdəɣraːvə(n)ˈreːuʋɛik]) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland with a population of 35,278 in 2021. It was established by a merger of Bodegraven and Reeuwijk on 1 January 2011. The municipality covers 88.64 km2 (34.22 sq mi) of which 13.26 km2 (5.12 sq mi) is water.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, June 2015.
Paedophilia rumours
In 2020, false allegations were circulated online, that in the 1980s the town had been the site of the sexual abuse and murder of a number of children. In 2022, this led the town's authorities to take legal action to have the allegations removed from Twitter.[6] The council lost the case.[7]
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^"Twitter sued by Dutch town Bodegraven-Reeuwijk over paedophilia rumour". BBC News. 17 September 2022.
^"Dutch town falsely linked to satanic paedophiles loses Twitter court case". The Guardian. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.