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Rijkhoven
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Rijkhoven is a municipality section and village located in Bilzen, Belgium. It sits at an elevation of 74 meters above sea level. The settlement operates within the Europe/Brussels timezone.
According to available records, the population of Rijkhoven is 1349. The area is classified with the feature code PPL.
Street-level imagery is available for the location. Four panoramic photographs were captured on July 11, 2024, at 11:44:10 UTC. These images were taken by a creator named Mizuna with a compass angle of 233.79444208224.
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Rijkhoven is a village in the Bilzen municipality of the Limburg province in the Flemish Community of Belgium.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1076 as Rudenchoven. It used to be part of the County of Loon. In 1220 the chapel of Alden Biesen was given to the Teutonic Order who establish a commandery. In 1870, Rijkhoven became an independent municipality. In 1971, the municipality merged with Kleine- en Grote-Spouwen into Spouwen. In 1977, Spouwen merged into Bilzen during the larger fusion of the Belgian municipalities.
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