Odijk

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The village of Odijk (darkgreen) and the neighbourhood of Odijk (lightgreen) in the municipality of Bunnik.
The village of Odijk (darkgreen) and the neighbourhood of Odijk (lightgreen) in the municipality of Bunnik.

Odijk (52°3′N, 5°14′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Bunnik, and lies about 4 km south of Zeist.

In 2001, the town of Odijk had 4674 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.94 km², and contained 1809 residences.[1] The neighbourhood of Cothen, which covers the entire area of the former municipality, has about 5040 inhabitants.[2]

Odijk used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Bunnik and Werkhoven in 1964.

Odijk has three primary schools, two churches and many locations for sports activities, such as football, tennis and indoor sports.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bunnik [2].

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Church in Odijk
Church in Odijk
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