Heeswijk is a village in the central

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. It is located in

Montfoort Montfoort () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Montfoort received city rights in 1329. Population centres The municipality of Montfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or district ...

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, about 6 km northwest of

IJsselstein IJsselstein () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. IJsselstein received city rights in 1331. IJsselstein owes its name to the river Hollandse IJssel which flows through the city. It is a major commuting s ...

. The village is first mentioned in 1204 as Hesewic, and means "settlement near shrubbery". The postal authorities have placed it under

, and it has no place name signs. It used to have a parish church, but the church was moved to neighbouring Montfoort. In 1840, Heeswijk was home to 59 people.

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Populated places in Utrecht (province) Montfoort {{Utrecht-geo-stub