Kerkwijk
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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.[2]
It was first mentioned in the first quarter of the 13th century as Kirkevuihc, and means "church village".[3] 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.[4] In 1840, Kerkwijk was home to 169 people.[5]
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Villa 't Hemelrijk
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Village pump
References
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- ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ↑ Gemeente Zaltbommel, Population Numbers. As of 1 January 2022.
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