Broek was a municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, located west and north of Gouda.
A longer name of the municipality, Broek, Bloemendaal, Broekhuizen, Thuil en het Weegje names the polders that are part of the municipality.
Broek was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1870, when it became part of Waddinxveen.
Around 1850, the municipality had a population of more than 1300, on an area of 17.55 km2.,[2]
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