Bokhoven is a village in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, in the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch. It is located about seven kilometres northwest of the city center, on the south bank of the river Maas.

Until 1795 Bokhoven was an independent county

County

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, and after 1579 had been an enclave of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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 within the Dutch Republic

Dutch Republic

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. As the counts remained Roman Catholic after the Protestant Reformation

Protestant Reformation

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, the county provided an opportunity for catholic inhabitants living in the surrounding areas under the control of the calvinists to attend catholic services. In 1795 it was annexed by the First French Republic and in 1800 ceded to the Batavian Republic

Batavian Republic

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, a precursor state of the present Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands

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 in which Bokhoven was a separate municipality. In 1922 it was annexed by the municipality Engelen

Engelen

Engelen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch. Engelen is neighboring Vlijmen, Bokhoven and several parts of `s-Hertogenbosch.- Location and plan :...

, which again was annexed by 's-Hertogenbosch in 1971. In earlier times a settlement of farmers and fishermen, the present population of the village, about three hundred people, consists mostly of middle class

Middle class

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 commuters.