Leiden

Leiden
Municipality
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Leiden
Coordinates: 52°09′29.8″N 4°29′27.1″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zuid-Holland
Government
• Mayor	Peter van der Velden
Area
• Total	21.91 km2 (8.46 sq mi)
Population  (January 1, 2001)
• Total	117,010
• Density	5,340/km2 (13,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Postal code(s)	2311–2318, 2321–2324, 2331–2334
MCN	0546
Website	Official website

Leiden is a municipality in South Holland in the Netherlands. It has about 120,000 inhabitants and a very old university (Leiden University).