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Leiden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The population of Leiden which, it is estimated, reached 100,000 in 1640, had sunk to 30,000 between 1796 and 1811, and in 1904 was 56,044. |
 | | The two branches of the Rhine which enter Leiden on the east unite in the centre of the town, which is further intersected by numerous small and sombre canals, with tree-bordered quays and old houses. |
 | | Leiden is an ancient town, although it is not the Lugdunum Batavorum of the Romans. |
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