Heikant is a former hamlet in the
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province of
North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...
. It was located about 2 km northwest of
Helvoirt
Helvoirt () is a village and part of the municipality of Vught, Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1192 as Hellevorth, and means "clear fordable place". Helvoirt developed in the Middle Ages on the road from Tilburg to 's- ...
(now municipality of
Vught
Vught () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, and lies just south of the industrial and administrative centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. Many commuters live in the municipality, and the town of Vugh ...
).
The hamlet is mentioned by the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa,
and shown on a map of the area.
Map of Helvoirt in 1868
/ref> It is no longer considered to be a separate hamlet, although the houses and a street named "De Heikant" still exist.
Heikant should not be confused with any of the other hamlets named Heikant in the Netherlands.
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Vught
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