Varik is a village in the
Dutch
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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
West Betuwe
West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.
The municipality was formed on January 1, 2019, by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.
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, and lies about 8 km south of
Tiel
Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel- ...
.
Varik was a separate municipality until 1978, when it became a part of Neerijnen.
History
It was first mentioned between 968 and 971 as Feldrike. The etymology is unclear. Varik developed along the
Waal River as a stretched out ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...
'' The tower of the Dutch Reformed Church dates from the 15th century and received its spire in 1844. The church building dates from 1881. The Roman Catholic church was constructed between 1877 and 1879.
In 1840, Varik was home to 749 people.
The
grist mill
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De Bol was built 1867, and nowadays serves as a residential house.
Born in Varik
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Gallery
File:Varik Waalbandijk 20.jpg, Farm near the dike
File:Varik NH Kerk.jpg, Dutch Reformed Church
File:Varik - Grotestraat 23 - Pastorie.JPG, Clergy house
File:Varik GM Waalbandijk 26.jpg, House on the dike
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
West Betuwe
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