Berghem: Difference between revisions

| name = Berghem

| settlement_type = Town

| other_name = Berchem

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Berghem Rijksmonument 516597 voorm. gemeentehuis Burg.v.Erpstraat 2 (2).JPG

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| image_caption = Former town hall

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = [[North Brabant]]

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = [[Oss]]

| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5351AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 18 April 2022 }}</ref>

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| area_total_km2 = 11.26

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| population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref>

| population_total = 10,700

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]

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| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]

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| postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]

| postal_code = 5351<ref name="stat"/>

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| area_code = 0412

| coordinates = {{coord|51|46|12|N|5|34|29|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}

'''Berghem''' (older spelling: ''Berchem'') is a town in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] municipality of [[Oss]]. It is located about 4&nbsp;km northeast of Oss itself.

== History ==

The village was first mentioned in 1286 as Berchem, and means "settlement on a hill".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/berghem |title=Berghem - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Catholic St Willibrordus Church has been built between 1900 and 1903 adjacent to a 15th century tower. The medieval was replaced in 1858, but burnt down in 1895.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0020.php |title=Berghem |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Berghem was home to 1,906 people in 1804.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/berghem |title=Berghem |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Until 1994, Berghem was a separate municipality, when it was merged into [[Oss]].<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

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File:Berghem, Sint Willibrorduskerk foto6 RM9335 2012-03-19 13.37.JPG|Berghem, church: Sint Willibrorduskerk

File:Berghem (Oss) heide bij Groot Ganzenven, 1.jpg|Heath Groot Ganzenven

File:Appartementen Boekweit schuin links.jpg|Apartment building

File:Berghem (Oss, NL) Pastorie Julianastraat 37 (01).JPG|Clergy house

</gallery>

{{Dutch municipality Oss}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1994]]