Heeswijk, Utrecht
Village in Utrecht, Netherlands
52°03′06″N 4°58′04″E / 52.05167°N 4.96778°E / 52.05167; 4.96778[1]
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(2021)[1]
3417[1]
Heeswijk is a village in the central Netherlands. It is located in Montfoort, Utrecht, about 6 km northwest of IJsselstein.
The village is first mentioned in 1204 as Hesewic, and means "settlement near shrubbery".[3] The postal authorities have placed it under Montfoort,[4] and it has no place name signs. It used to have a parish church, but the church was moved to neighbouring Montfoort. In 1840, Heeswijk was home to 59 people.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 3417AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Heeswijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcode 3417 in Montfoort". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Heeswijk (Montfoort)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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