Schaijk

Schaijk is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Maashorst, about southeast of Oss. Schaijk used to be part of the former municipality of Landerd.

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Place details

Locality: Schaijk
Region: Noord-Brabant
Country: Nederland
Population: 5,970
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Schaijk
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: H.Antonius Abt-Schaijk.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of H. Antonius Abt in Schaijk
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Brabant
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Maashorst
Settlement.elevation_m: 11
Settlement.area_total_km2: 30.56
Settlement.population_total: 7,315
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Schaijk
Area: 30.55
Image: H.Antonius Abt-Schaijk.jpg

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Commons category: Schaijk
postal code: 5374
P8168: William of Auvergne

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Schaijk is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Maashorst, about southeast of Oss. Schaijk used to be part of the former municipality of Landerd.

== History == Schaijk developed in the Middle Ages on the border of the sand and clay land. It was part of the which became a Catholic enclave of Palatinate-Neuburg within the Dutch Republic in 1631. The Land van Ravenstein was conquered by France in 1794, and sold to the Batavian Republic (the predecessor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) in 1800.