Nootdorp is a town in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of South Holland

South Holland

South Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.South Holland is one of the most densely populated and industrialised areas in the world...

. It is located approx. 2 km to the east of Delft

Delft

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....

 and about 6 km southeast of the centre of The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, in the municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Pijnacker-Nootdorp is a suburban municipality in the Randstad conurbation in the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland...

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Nootdorp was a separate municipality until 2002, when it merged with Pijnacker

Pijnacker

Pijnacker is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 4 km east of the city of Delft, in the municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp....

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The town has a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 club called the Nootdorp Panthers

Nootdorp Panthers

Nootdorp Panthers are a rugby league team from the town of Nootdorp in South Holland, Netherlands. They were founded in 2007 and are the first domestic rugby league club in the Netherlands despite the country having a national team. More clubs are being set up in 2007 and 2008 so that there will be...

. They are the first domestic rugby league club in the country.

External links

Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

• Local newspaper online Pijnacker-Nootdorp