Nijkerkerveen is a village in the

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province of

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. It is part of the municipality of

Nijkerk Nijkerk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ''Niekark'') is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city located in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. Population centres Some people state that ''Groot Corlaer'' is a ...

, and lies about 6 km east of

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. The village was first mentioned in 1807 as Nieuwkerker Vheen, and means "bog near

". In 1840, it was home to 1,197 people. In 1908, the first church was built.

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Nijkerkerveen is het Hart van Nijkerk
Populated places in Gelderland Nijkerk {{Gelderland-geo-stub