What is Westerhoven?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Westerhoven |image_flag = Flag of Westerhoven.png |flag_size = 100x67px |flag_alt = |image_shield = Westerhoven wapen.svg |shield_size = 100x80px |shield_alt = |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = [[North Brabant]] |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = [[Bergeijk]] |area_km2 = |population = 2003 |population_as_of = |density = |website = |coordinates = {{coord|51|19|58|N|5|23|53|E|region:NL|display=inline}} }} '''Westerhoven''' is a village in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[province]] of [[North Brabant]]. It is in the [[municipality]] of [[Bergeijk]]. It is about 15&nbsp;km southwest of [[Eindhoven]]. ==History== Westerhoven is in a valley between the rivers 'Keersop' and 'Beekloop'. The rivers both flow just outside the middle of the village. There is evidence that [[Pre-history|prehistoric]] people lived in the area. The hill connecting to the nearby village [[Riethoven]] is from the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times. [[Franks|Frankish]] [[ceramic]]s were found when some people removed an old oak shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diachron.nl/PDFs/AACN-009.pdf|title=Inventariserend veldonderzoek. Plangebied Westerhoven Daalakkers, gemeente Bergeijk.|publisher=Projectbureau Amsterdams Archeologisch Centrum|date=2005-09-02|access-date=2017-11-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042308/http://www.diachron.nl/PDFs/AACN-009.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diachron.nl/PDFs/AACN-010.pdf|title=Inventariserend veldonderzoek plangebied Westerhoven Leemskuilen, Gemeente Bergeijk.|publisher=Facultiteit der Geesteswetenschappen Amsterdams Archeologisch Centrum|date=2005-07-28|access-date=2017-11-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064432/http://www.diachron.