Zuilichem is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of Gelderland

Gelderland

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. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel

Zaltbommel

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, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem

Gorinchem

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Zuilichem was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with Brakel

Brakel

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In 2001, the village of Zuilichem had 764 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.19 km², and contained 298 residences.
The statistical area "Zuilichem", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1490.

The seventeenth-century Dutch scientist and polymath Constantijn Huygens purchased the manor and title of Zuilichem in 1630.