Kerkwijk

Kerkwijk
Village
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Coordinates: 51°46′28″N 5°13′10″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Zaltbommel
Area [1]
• Total	7.26 km^2 (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (1 January 2022)[3]
• Total	696
• Density	96/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5315[1]
Dialing code	0418

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]

Gallery

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  Villa 't Hemelrijk
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  Village pump

References

1. "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. 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.