Broek
Broek is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 11 km north of Gorinchem. Broek has no place name signs, and the postal authorities have placed it under Meerkerk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Broek, Vijfheerenlanden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zouweboezem and Hervormde Kerk Meerkerk.
Zouweboezem
Nature reserve
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zouweboezem is a nature reserve, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Broek.
Hervormde Kerk Meerkerk
Church
Photo: Marcus van Leeuwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hervormde Kerk Meerkerk is a church.
Quakernaak
Nature reserve
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quakernaak is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km southeast of Broek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meerkerk and Ameide.
Meerkerk
Village
Meerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 9 km north of Gorinchem. In 2001, the village of Meerkerk had 2281 inhabitants.
Ameide
Village
Ameide is a city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 9 km southwest of IJsselstein. Ameide received city rights in the 14th century.
Tienhoven aan de Lek
Village
Tienhoven is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 10 km southwest of IJsselstein. Tienhoven aan de Lek is situated 3½ km northwest of Broek.
Broek
- Categories: buurtschap and locality
- Location: Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.93301° or 51° 55′ 59″ northLongitude
4.96771° or 4° 58′ 4″ eastOpen location code
9F36WXM9+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 44462874OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2758296Wikidata ID
Q2127947
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Broek” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Broek”
- Dutch: “Broek (Vijfheerenlanden)”
- Dutch: “Broek”
- French: “Broek”
- Luxembourgish: “Broek”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Broek”
- Persian: “بریوک”
- Portuguese: “Broek (holanda do sul)”
- Portuguese: “Broek (Holanda do Sul)”
- Portuguese: “Broek”
- Ukrainian: “Брук”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Broek”. Photo: AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.