Walik

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| name = Walik

| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Aanzicht - Walik - 20249096 - RCE.jpg

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| image_caption = Farms in Walik (1964)

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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 = Bergeijk

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5561AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 14 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 28

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| area_total_km2 = 0.49

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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=15 April 2022}}

| population_total = 405

| 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 = 5561

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 040

| coordinates = {{coord|51.3531|5.3632|region:NL|display=inline, title}}

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Walik ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋaːlɪk}}) is a hamlet in the North-Brabant municipality of Bergeijk and is located to the west of the village of Riethoven.

Walik is an agricultural community with some farms located near a brink (village square).{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0145.php |title=Riethoven |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The hamlet was first mentioned between 1838 and 1857 as Waalwijk, and means "settlement around a pool'.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/walik |title=Walik - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/waalwijk#berkelplaatsnamen |title=Waalwijk - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}} There are three farms around the brink which are characteristic examples of Campian long gable farms and have been declared a monument.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/walik |title=Walik |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}