Den Hout

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| name = Den Hout

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Herberg 't Klosterke Den Hout DSCF8529.jpg

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| image_caption = Inn 't Klosterke

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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 = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Oosterhout

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4911AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 18 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 2.3

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| area_total_km2 = 7.91

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| population_footnotes = {{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}}

| population_total = 1,235

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 4911

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0162

| coordinates = {{coord|51|39|28|N|4|48|42|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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Den Hout is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Oosterhout.{{Cite web|url=http://www.denhout.eu/index.php?title=Hoofdpagina|title=Den Hout|website=www.denhout.eu|accessdate=Jan 10, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/den-hout|title=Den Hout |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The village was first mentioned in 1311 as "Rolinus dictus van den Houte", and means deciduous forest.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/denhout |title=Den Hout - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}} The area around Den Hout was settled during Roman times, but abandoned in 273. Den Hout developed in the Middle Ages around a triangular village 'square'.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0038.php |title=Den Hout |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The St Cornelius Church was built in 1877 and 1878 in Gothic Revival style and as an octagon spire.

Den Hout was home to 650 people in 1840.