Kerkwijk is a village in the

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province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Zaltbommel Zaltbommel (), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. History The city of Zaltbommel The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received ...

, and lies about 11 km northwest of

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. Kerkwijk was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with

. 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.Gemeente Zaltbommel
''Population Numbers''
As of 1 January 2022. It was first mentioned in the first quarter of the 13th century as Kirkevuihc, and means "church village". Kerkwijk has a church that dates back to the 11th century, consisting of a Romanesque nave, a late-Romanesque tower and a

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tower from the fifteenth century. The church has wooden vaults with paintings from the fifteenth century. In 1840, Kerkwijk was home to 169 people.

Gallery

File:Vanuit het noord-westen - Kerkwijk - 20124841 - RCE.jpg, Villa 't Hemelrijk File:Gemetselde pomp op driesprong in de Hoogehofstraat - Delwijnen - 20053368 - RCE.jpg, Village pump

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1999 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Zaltbommel {{Gelderland-geo-stub