{{Infobox settlement | name = Lakerveld | settlement_type = Hamlet | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:De Meerkerksebrug die de buurtschappen Lakerveld en Weverwijk verbind.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Bridge at Lakerveld | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = <!-- | image_map = LocatieZederik.png | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Zederik - Lakerveld.png | map_caption1 = The village (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Lakerveld in the former municipality of Zederik. --> | pushpin_map = Netherlands Utrecht#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Utrecht | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Vijfheerenlanden | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | coordinates = {{coord|51|57|42|N|5|1|8|E|region:NL_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 8.86 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 355 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 4128<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0347 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Lakerveld''' is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 9&nbsp;km south of IJsselstein.

The hamlet was first mentioned in the 16th century as Laeckervelt, and means "field near the Laak (river)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/lakerveld |title=Lakerveld - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Lakerveld has no place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 300 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/lakerveld |title=Lakerveld |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Lakerveld Lexmond.jpg|Windmill File:Lexmond GM Lakerveld 103.jpg|Farm in Lakerveld File:Buurtschap Lakerveld niet ver van Lexmond..JPG|View on Lakerveld File:Molenkade in het Zouwegebied niet ver van Meerkerk,.jpg|Landscape near Lakerveld </gallery>

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