Odijk

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

Odijk (52°3′N 5°14′E / 52.05°N 5.233°E / 52.05; 5.233) 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].

[edit] External links

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Odijk". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

Church in Odijk

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