Kerkwijk

Village in Gelderland, Netherlands
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51°46′28″N 5°13′10″E / 51.77444°N 5.21944°E / 51.77444; 5.21944CountryNetherlandsProvinceGelderlandMunicipalityZaltbommelArea • Total7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)Elevation3 m (10 ft)Population
 (1 January 2022)[3]
 • Total696 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
5315[1]
Dialing code0418

Kerkwijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch. Kerkwijk was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with Zaltbommel.[4]

The statistical area "Kerkwijk", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 696 in 2022.[3]

It was first mentioned in the first quarter of the 13th century as Kirkevuihc, and means "church village".[5] Kerkwijk has a church that dates back to the 11th century, consisting of a Romanesque nave, a late-Romanesque tower and a Gothic tower from the fifteenth century. The church has wooden vaults with paintings from the fifteenth century.[6] In 1840, Kerkwijk was home to 169 people.[7]

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  • Villa 't Hemelrijk
    Villa 't Hemelrijk
  • Village pump
    Village pump

References

  1. ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Overlap with Bruchem
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 5315AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Gemeente Zaltbommel, Population Numbers. As of 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  5. ^ "Kerkwijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Kerkwijk" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9406 3. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Kerkwijk". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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