Rijswijk, North Brabant

Rijswijk
Rijswijk
Village
	Entrance of Rijswijk
	Coordinates: 51°47′51″N 5°1′25″E / 51.79750°N 5.02361°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Altena
Population (2004)	1,720

Rijswijk is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena, about 5 km southeast of Gorinchem. It has about 1,720 inhabitants.

Rijswijk was a separate municipality until 1973, when it became part of Woudrichem.^[1] In 2019 Rijswijk became part of Altena by the merger of the municipalities Aalburg, Werkendam and Woudrichem.

References[]

^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

External links[]

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Rijswijk". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

Coordinates: 51°47′49″N 5°01′26″E / 51.797°N 5.024°E / 51.797; 5.024

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

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