Zoetermeer 's a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.06 km² (of which 2.15 km²'s water). A small village until the late 1960s, it'd 6,392 inhabitants in 1950 (External Link).By March 1, 2007 this had grown to 118,483, making it the third largest population center in the province of South Holland, after Rotterdam and The Hague. The name "Zoetermeer" (Dutch for "Sweet Lake") refers to the former fresh lake at the site o… (More on Zoetermeer)