Werkhoven
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The village (dark green) and statistical district (light green) of Werkhoven in the municipality of Bunnik. |
Werkhoven (Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Bunnik, and lies about 5 km east of Houten.
) is a town in theIn 2001, the town of Werkhoven had 1528 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.29 km², and contained 550 residences.[1] The neighbourhood of Werkhoven, which covers the entire area of the former municipality, has about 2320 inhabitants.[2]
Werkhoven used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Bunnik and Odijk in 1964.
[edit] Born in Werkhoven
- Coby van Baalen (*1957), Dutch equestrian.
- Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801), Dutch merchant and diplomat.
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bunnik [2].