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Babyloniënbroek

Babyloniënbroek is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Altena, about 7 km northwest of the city of Waalwijk.

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Place details

Locality: Babyloniënbroek
Region: Noord-Brabant
Country: Nederland
Population: 422

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Babyloniënbroek
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: Image:20070705Korenschoof.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church in Babyloniënbroek
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

Wikidata facts

Country: Netherlands
Located in: Altena
Time zone: UTC+01:00

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Babyloniënbroek is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Altena, about 7 km northwest of the city of Waalwijk.

Babyloniënbroek consists of a single street, and has about 400 inhabitants. The name Babylon has the suffix Broek added. 'Broek' is a word linked to the root of the English word, 'Brook' for stream or the springs of a stream, and the meaning in Dutch is very similar, meaning swamp or swampy. The village was first mentioned in 1131 as Babilonia. Babyloniënbroek is a linear settlement which started as a cultivation project by the monastery of Sint-Truiden around 1130 alongside a canal which no longer exists.