Ulicoten is a village in the
Dutch province of
North Brabant
North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau () is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. It had a population of in . The town is the site of a complicated borderline between Belgium and the Netherlands: it encloses 22 ...
and is situated about south of
Breda
Breda ( , , , ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1422 as Ulencoete, and means "little house/farm on land near water"
The Roman Catholic church was built during the early 19th century, but destroyed in 1944. In 1950, a new church was built with two towers.
Ulicoten was home to 407 people in 1840.
It has a single primary school, Bernardusschool.
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Gallery
File:Baarle-Nassau (Ulicoten) Roman Catholic Churchyard -1.jpg, Catholic church of Ulicoten
File:Ulicoten - 2009 - panoramio.jpg, Street view
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Baarle-Nassau
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