- Kerkwijk
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caption = The village centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Kerkwijk in the municipality of Zaltbommel.Kerkwijk (coord|51|46|N|5|13|E|type:city(208)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Gelderland . It is a part of the municipality ofZaltbommel , and lies about 11 km northwest of's-Hertogenbosch .Kerkwijk was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with
Zaltbommel . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the village of Kerkwijk had 208 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.066 km², and contained 72 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001"] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Kerkwijk", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 360.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]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 15th century. The church has wooden vaults with paintings from the 15th century.
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* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ge/kerkwijk.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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