Werkhoven is a town in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of Utrecht

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. It is a part of the municipality of Bunnik

Bunnik

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, and lies about 5 km east of Houten

Houten

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In 2001, the town of Werkhoven had 1528 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.29 km², and contained 550 residences. The neighbourhood of Werkhoven, which covers the entire area of the former municipality, has about 2320 inhabitants.

Werkhoven used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Bunnik and Odijk in 1964.

Born in Werkhoven

• Coby van Baalen
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   (*1957), Dutch equestrian.
• Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest
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   (1739–1801), Dutch merchant and diplomat.
• John Oostrom
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  , (born September 2 1930), a former business executive and Canadian parliamentarian. He was the first Dutch-born Canadian elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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