Kerkwijk

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]

Kerkwijk
Village
Flag of Kerkwijk
Flag
Coat of arms of Kerkwijk
Coat of arms
Kerkwijk is located in Gelderland
Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk
Location in the Netherlands
Kerkwijk is located in Netherlands
Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°46′28″N 5°13′10″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
MunicipalityZaltbommel
Area
[1]
 • Total7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
3 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

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]

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